Tej Pratap Yadav who was expelled from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) final week over his alleged extramarital relationship acquired assist from social gathering MP Sudhakar Singh on Monday.
Defending social gathering chief Lalu Prasad’s elder son, whom the household has disowned, the Buxar MP and former state minister stated marrying a number of occasions had been “accepted” in Hindu traditions, and urged Lalu to just accept his son’s choice.
“Marriage is a private matter, however I don’t think about it against the law … We observe the footsteps of Ram Manohar Lohia who, in his ebook on Sapta Kranti, wrote that every one relationships between a person and a girl are legitimate aside from rape and deceit. If Tej Pratap ji has married once more, I don’t see it as an immoral act … I, personally, don’t imagine it’s. In Hindu traditions, having two and even three to 4 marriages has been accepted, and we have now heard of such circumstances. Even right this moment, many such marriages happen,” Singh stated.
Referring to the late Lok Janshakti Social gathering (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan’s second marriage, he stated, “Take (Union Minister) Chirag Paswan, for example. He was born to Paswan’s second spouse. Many individuals have had two or three marriages, everybody is aware of this. It’s neither an enormous deal neither is it against the law. As a father, Lalu Prasad ought to settle for him.”
Paswan married air hostess Reena Sharma, Chirag’s mom, in 1983. In 2014, after his opponents challenged his Lok Sabha nomination papers about omitting his first spouse’s title, Paswan disclosed that he had divorced her in 1981. Singh argued that “such situations are nonetheless not unusual and shouldn’t be seen as a social evil”.
Final week, a photograph on Tej Pratap’s official Fb account confirmed him with a girl, with the caption claiming that he had been in a relationship along with her for over 12 years. He later claimed that his account had been hacked. Quickly afterwards, Lalu disowned his son and expelled him from the social gathering for six years, citing his “irresponsible behaviour” that doesn’t align with the household’s values.
In 2018, Tej Pratap married Aishwarya Rai, the granddaughter of former Bihar CM Daroga Prasad Rai. But it surely didn’t final lengthy and the 2 filed for divorce inside a 12 months. The matter is at the moment pending in a household courtroom in Patna. Rai has accused Lalu of figuring out all about Tej’s affairs and nonetheless pushing for the wedding due to political causes. Aishwarya referred to as her estranged husband’s expulsion “election drama” earlier than the Bihar Meeting polls scheduled to be held later this 12 months.
Tej Pratap, in accordance with RJD insiders, has been at odds together with his household since his brother Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s rise within the social gathering. Nonetheless, on Sunday, he posted on X, referring to himself as “Krishna” to Tejashwi’s “Arjuna”.
“These dreaming of separating me from my Arjuna, you’ll by no means achieve your conspiracies. Chances are you’ll take Krishna’s military, however not Krishna himself,” learn the publish. In the identical publish, he talked about about “traitors like Jaichand” inside and out of doors the social gathering whereas claiming to “quickly expose each plot”.
In one other publish on X the identical day, he talked about his dad and mom, writing, “My total world is contained in simply the 2 of you. You’re better than God to me, and any command you give is paramount… I solely want your belief and love.”