A day after RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav announced, out of turn, his sister Misa Bharti's candidature from the Pataliputra Lok Sabha seat, their younger brother Tejashwi Yadav Friday made it clear the party's candidates will be decided by its parliamentary board with the approval of its president and their father Lalu Prasad.
Tejashwi Yadav is the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly and the party's chief ministerial candidate for the next assembly polls.
He sought to distance himself from the stand taken by his mercurial elder brother saying, "In a democracy all people have the right to say all sorts of things which need not have a bearing on party decisions."
When journalists had pointed out to Tej Pratap Yadav on Thursday that Virendra had expressed his wish to fight from Pataliputra, the temperamental leader said, "What is his stature? Only Misa didi will fight from there."
At his daily Janta Durbar here, Tej Pratap on Friday, however, said, "I had merely expressed my support and appreciation of Misa didi who is working hard in the area despite the constraints she faces as a woman. Of course, Lalu is going to decide who will be contesting on party tickets."
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