Patna: The war between Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s sons Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav escalated on Saturday after the former announced that he would be fielding his own candidate, Chandra Prakash, in Jahanabad against the RJD. Tej Pratap and Tejashwi have been at loggerhead in the last few days over choice of candidate for Jahanabad and Sheohar Lok Sabha seats.
Tej Pratap has been demanding that two of his aides, Chandra Prakash and Angesh Singh, should be given party ticket to contest from Jahanabad and Sheohar, respectively. However, on Friday, Tejashwi rejected it and declared that Surendra Yadav will be the party candidate from Jahanabad.
Tejashwi’s decision to field Surendra Yadav from Jehanabad has angered Tej Pratap Yadav to such an extent that on Saturday he declared that Chandra Prakash will be filing nomination from Jahanabad as an Independent candidate and he will extend him support. “I am very happy that Tej Pratap has supported my candidature as an Independent candidate from Jahanabad. He has assured me that he will campaign for me,” said Chandra Prakash, Tej Pratap’s candidate from Jahanabad.
