Exiled Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Sunday accused his detractors of spreading rumors that the woman he was “falsely” linked with had given birth to his child.
Tej Pratap Yadav was expelled from the RJD last year after a post appeared on the former RJD leader’s Facebook page where he was seen with a woman whom the caption referred to as his girlfriend. “We are in love and have been in a relationship for 12 years,” the Facebook post read.
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Tej Pratap claimed that a viral social media post stating that he was “in a relationship for 12 years” with a woman was the result of his Facebook profile being “hacked” by the “five Jaichandas”.
At a press conference on Sunday, Tej Pratap promised to take legal action against the “Jaichands”, including a Rajya Sabha MP and a member of the Legislative Council.
“Jaichands” is a metaphor for traitors, referring to a 10th-century Rajput chieftain who colluded with the Afghan invader Muhammad Ghori.
Here is what Tej Pratap Yadav had to say
Tej Pratap Yadav was quoted by news agency PTI as saying, “I am upset over rumors on social media that the woman I was falsely linked to a few months ago, which resulted in my expulsion from the party, has given birth to my child.”
“There was some tension about who the Jaichands I was talking about are. Here are the names – Mukesh Raushan, Sanjay Yadav, Shakti Singh Yadav, Rameez and Sunil Singh,” Yadav alleged.
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Notably, Sanjay Yadav is an incumbent RJD MP and Sunil Singh is an MLC, while Shakti Singh Yadav and Mukesh Raushan are former MLAs and Rameez is a close friend of Tejashwi Yadav, the younger sibling of Tej Pratap, who was recently elevated to the post of the party’s national working president.
None of the persons named by Tej Pratap Yadav at the press conference were available to comment on the allegations.
Yadav said he came to know about the rumors after he was told that Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi had “congratulated” him on the birth of the child.
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“Recently, I organized a well-attended feast on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. This made my opponents apprehensive about my party’s prospects. I will seek legal action against them. I will approach the court. I have also sought a meeting with Home Minister Samrat Choudhary,” Yadav said.
“I request my detractors to let me live in peace. I know the person with whom the woman is in a relationship and who I believe is the father of the child. They are causing me mental anguish by dragging my name,” Yadav added, blowing hot and cold.
‘I’m totally depressed’
Meanwhile, Tej Pratap Yadav told ANI that he is completely depressed. “Pura depression me hai hum,” he said, adding that “we will file our application, we will go to court…”
He also questioned the relationship of one Akash Bhati with Anushka Yadav – the woman in question.
“I reject this (blessed with child) claim. This is a conspiracy hatched by Mukesh Roshan and all these ‘jaichands’ in collusion to defame me. It should be investigated who is Akash Bhati who is having a relationship with that girl,” Tej Pratap told ANI.
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“That should be investigated, not what is her relationship with him. What is the girl’s relationship with him? Akash Bhati will tell you…,” he added.
“Mukesh Roshan, Shakti Singh and Sunil Singh are all ‘jaichands’; this is their whole game, to conspire against us. Now let them explain what is the relationship between Anushka Yadav and Akash Bhati; they will tell you,” he said.
