Tej Pratap, Tejashwi meet after several months

PATNA: Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday had a "political" meeting along with his more youthful brother Tejashwi Yadav and reiterated that he saw the latter as "Arjuna", whom he would assist like Lord Krishna, in winning the electoral struggle in Bihar.


Donning a 'Kurta-pyjama' and a waistcoat with a muffler wrapped round his neck, Tej Pratap Yadav drove to Tejashwi's bungalow at five, Desh Ratna Marg.


Tejashwi Yadav greeted his elder brother through touching his toes and Tej Pratap answered through striking a hand on his more youthful brother's head.

Saturday's meeting came about 4 days after Tej Pratap met their mom Rabri Devi. Tejashwi was in Delhi at that time.

The elder brother had remained estranged from his family members for a very long time since they refused to again him in his resolution to hunt divorce from his spouse, simply six months after their marriage.

Emerging after the just about 45-minute lengthy meeting, Tej Pratap Yadav instructed journalists, "We held only political discussions. Things like how to make our party stronger and take Lalu's dream forward. Tejashwi is my Arjuna and I will see to it that he occupies the throne."

Speculations had been rife that the elder brother has been uneasy over the growing clout of the more youthful one throughout the party, who was named because the RJD's chief ministerial candidate, more than a yr ago.

On Thursday, Tej Pratap Yadav had additionally announced, out of turn, the candidature of his sister Misa Bharti from Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency.

However, on Friday Tejashwi made it clear that any party candidate would be finalized through the party's parliamentary board after due approval from Lalu Prasad the national president, who is at present in Ranchi serving sentences in numerous fodder rip-off cases.

The level made through the more youthful brother was, later, grudgingly stated through Tej Pratap Yadav.