Tej Pratap Yadav tweet signals rift with brother

Tej Pratap Yadav, the elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, has triggered a flutter in political circle with a tweet signalling a rift between him and his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav even as the latter urged people not to make a 'mountain out of a molehill'.

In the tweet yesterday, RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav said his desire was to "get Arjuna seated on the throne of Hastinapur and himself return to Dwarka (like Lord Krishna)".

The metaphor is being seen as his desire to retire from politics following RJD heir apparent and his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav's accession to power.

Hours later, Tej Pratap Yadav, the former health minister in the grand alliance government, appeared before the media, with sandalwood paste and vermilion smeared on his forehead.

"I will remain in politics.... This party has been set up by my father and he has toiled hard to make the RJD what it is today," he remarked.

"But there is a threat to the party from some insiders. They are anti-social elements who are destroying the party by furthering their own agenda invoking the name of my parents, Tejashwi, Misa (eldest sister and Rajya Sabha MP) and myself," Tej Pratap Yadav said.

They are taking advantage of Lalu Prasad's inability to take a very active interest in party affairs, he said adding: "But I would not allow them to succeed."