Tej Pratap carries photo of grandmother to file poll papers from Mahua

A day after his younger brother and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav filed his nomination papers from the Raghopur seat in Vaishali district in the presence of his parents, the elder son of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, Tej Pratap Yadav, on Thursday (October 16) filed his election affidavit from the adjoining Mahua Assembly constituency in the same district with a photograph of his grandmother, Marchhayiya Devi, in hand.

Ousted from the party for six years following a controversy, Tej Pratap has floated the Janshakti Janata Dal and has fielded 20 candidates till now for the upcoming Assembly election scheduled to be held on November 6 and 11.

“My grandmother has been my inspiration,” he said.

Mahua is around 50 k.m. away from Raghopur, from where Mr. Yadav is contesting. Besides his parents, Mr. Tejashwi was accompanied by his elder sister Misa Bharti. Sources said that Mr. Tej Pratap had wanted his parents and family members to be present, but with no one accompanying him from the family, he decided to take a photograph of his grandmother with him.