Lalu’s expulsion of Tej a drama, says Aishwarya | Patna News – Times of India
Patna: Hasanpur MLA Tej Pratap Yadav‘s estranged wife, Aishwarya Rai, on Monday accused Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi of staging a drama by expelling their elder son from the party and disowning him.Aishwarya’s reaction followed a viral social media post by Tej Pratap in which he revealed a 12-year-long relationship with one Anushka Yadav, who appeared in the video as though she was married to him. Although he later deleted the post, it raised eyebrows within political circles. In response, Lalu issued a statement on social media on Sunday, disowning Tej Pratap and announcing his expulsion from the RJD.Aishwarya, who married Tej Pratap in 2018, is the granddaughter of former Bihar CM Daroga Prasad Rai. Their divorce case is currently pending in a family court in Patna.In her first public reaction to the developments, Aishwarya said, “My life has been made a joke. What will happen by writing four lines on X? These people can never separate. Yesterday evening itself Rabri Devi must have gone to him wiping tears and said, ‘Stay calm for a few days, we will make everything right.’ Tejashwi is with his brother. The court has found them guilty of domestic violence, but with their influence they did not let it out in the public domain. I was beaten and my food was stopped – but where was Laluji?”She added that she would continue to fight for her rights. “Will Lalu separate his son just by writing four lines on X? When Tej Pratap has accepted this relationship for 12 years, then it is obvious that everyone in the family must have known about it beforehand,” she alleged.Responding to Tejashwi’s statement that he did not like and could not tolerate Tej Pratap’s post involving Anushka, Aishwarya said, “He himself must have told the family to stay calm for now before everything is set right.”Questioned the family’s stance on social justice, she said, “When I was being beaten in my in-laws’ house, where was their social justice? Why did they ruin my life? The whole family is involved. The talk of removing Tej Pratap from the party and the family is just a drama.”In an emotional outburst, she said, “Laluji, when will you give me justice? Laluji did not say anything about me in seven years. To hide their son’s mistake, these people pointed fingers at my character. When the skeletons came out of the family cupboard, they became the pioneers of social justice. They are not concerned about how many times their son got married. But now that this matter has come out before the elections, the drama of taking action is being staged as damage control.“Meanwhile, Lalu’s nephew Nagendra Prasad Rai came out in defence of Tej Pratap. He claimed Tej was innocent and had fallen victim to a “honeytrap” allegedly orchestrated by Anushka’s brother Akash Yadav and their parents, who, he alleged, were seeking a position in the RJD and financial gain. “It was Akash for whom Tej Pratap had rebelled against the party’s state president Jagadanand Singh, after the latter removed him as president of the Chhatra Yuva RJD,” Nagendra told the reporters on Monday.Lalu family leaves for Kolkata: Amid the ongoing controversy, Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, and their daughter, MP Misa Bharti, left Patna for Kolkata on Monday. Sources said Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s wife, Rajshree Yadav, who is currently in Kolkata, is expecting their second child. Tejashwi, who already has a daughter named Katyayani, is already in Kolkata.When asked about the controversy at Patna airport, Misa Bharti said, “Our father has taken the decision. We have nothing else to say.” On Aishwarya’s allegations, she added, “The matter is in court.”
