RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav: Born with a silver spoon, favorite of his father

By PTI

PATNA: After a dream debut seven years in the past when he was sworn in as deputy chief minister after being elected MLA for the primary time was adopted by a stoop in his political fortunes, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has lastly come again to center-stage because the kingmaker and deputy to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The 33 years previous youthful son of the charismatic Lalu Prasad had steered the social gathering to a powerful efficiency within the tightly contested 2020 meeting polls when it gained the biggest variety of 75 seats, belying those that thought he’ll flounder since Prasad was in jail and the inheritor obvious lacked acumen.

Before Chief Minister Kumar determined to select him as his deputy for a second time, Yadav was making waves as a doughty chief of the opposition, taking over the federal government of his father’s arch-rival on the ground of the meeting whereas in session, in addition to on the streets.

The dramatic realignment was preceded by an enormous ‘Pratirodh’ (opposition) March towards the NDA authorities on the Centre which he led on Sunday, rallying alongside Congress and the Left, in a transparent sign that the opposition within the state had the urge for food for a combat.

Born on November 9, 1989, he’s the youngest of all however 9 siblings and has been a transparent favorite of his father who appeared to have seen political potential in him at a younger age.

Doted on by seven elder and one youthful sisters, in addition to a temperamental elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav, the RJD inheritor obvious whom members of the family deal with by the nickname “Tarun” married his Chandigarh-based good friend Rachel Iris, who has since adopted a brand new title “Rajshree”.

Derided by his opponents for missing formal schooling, Yadav had given up research after flunking in Std IX at DPS, RK Puram.

He has, nevertheless, demonstrated a capability to learn the scenario he finds himself in and make the very best of it.

Having determined early on in life that research weren’t for him, Yadav selected to not cling to his cricketing aspirations after the much-needed huge break eluded him although, by most accounts, he was a reliable all-rounder.

He introduced his “retirement” from cricket simply a few years earlier than coming into politics in 2015, on the tender age of 25.

The new vocation got here as an ideal pitch to bat on as he gained from Raghopur within the meeting election comfortably, because of a formidable, albeit short-lived alliance solid by arch-rivals Kumar and Prasad.

In addition to being his father’s favorite, Yadav exuded a maturity that was past his age which actually performed function in his rise.

As destiny would have it, Yadav’s title cropped up in a cash laundering case, regarding unlawful land transactions involving his father’s tenure because the Railway Minister within the UPA-1 authorities, when the scion himself was in his teenagers.

The improvement drew heavy opposition fireplace and the JD(U) chief, aware of his popularity for probity in public life, snapped ties with the RJD and ended up making a hasty return to the NDA.

Yadav took the sudden lack of energy in his stride and labored to maintain the RJD social gathering afloat whereas his father ended up behind bars following convictions in various fodder rip-off circumstances.

Questions had been raised about his skill to guide the social gathering and the Grand Alliance after the Lok Sabha elections during which the opposition coalition conceded 39 out of 40 seats to NDA and the RJD itself drew a clean.

He was ridiculed, by the then ruling JD(U)-BJP mix, as an “unwell ready scholar afraid of going through exams” when he demanded that the meeting elections be deferred in view of the worldwide pandemic.

However, as soon as the ballot schedule was introduced, the fireplace in his stomach was there for all to see.

Yadav displayed ruthlessness in shunning dissenters and guile in profitable over allies, together with the CPI(ML) which has been bitterly against the RJD particularly since former JNU president Chandrashekhar was gunned down, within the early Nineteen Nineties, allegedly by henchmen of the native MP Mohd.Shahabuddin.

Naysayers might imagine that he has short-changed himself, meekly accepting a deputy’s as an alternative of ready it out until the Chief Ministership could possibly be up for grabs.

Supporters will, nevertheless, be on a roll of their perception that he has given it again to the BJP which had snatched energy from the RJD by way of a “backdoor entry” 5 years in the past.

PATNA: After a dream debut seven years in the past when he was sworn in as deputy chief minister after being elected MLA for the primary time was adopted by a stoop in his political fortunes, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has lastly come again to center-stage because the kingmaker and deputy to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The 33 years previous youthful son of the charismatic Lalu Prasad had steered the social gathering to a powerful efficiency within the tightly contested 2020 meeting polls when it gained the biggest variety of 75 seats, belying those that thought he’ll flounder since Prasad was in jail and the inheritor obvious lacked acumen.

Before Chief Minister Kumar determined to select him as his deputy for a second time, Yadav was making waves as a doughty chief of the opposition, taking over the federal government of his father’s arch-rival on the ground of the meeting whereas in session, in addition to on the streets.

The dramatic realignment was preceded by an enormous ‘Pratirodh’ (opposition) March towards the NDA authorities on the Centre which he led on Sunday, rallying alongside Congress and the Left, in a transparent sign that the opposition within the state had the urge for food for a combat.

Born on November 9, 1989, he’s the youngest of all however 9 siblings and has been a transparent favorite of his father who appeared to have seen political potential in him at a younger age.

Doted on by seven elder and one youthful sisters, in addition to a temperamental elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav, the RJD inheritor obvious whom members of the family deal with by the nickname “Tarun” married his Chandigarh-based good friend Rachel Iris, who has since adopted a brand new title “Rajshree”.

Derided by his opponents for missing formal schooling, Yadav had given up research after flunking in Std IX at DPS, RK Puram.

He has, nevertheless, demonstrated a capability to learn the scenario he finds himself in and make the very best of it.

Having determined early on in life that research weren’t for him, Yadav selected to not cling to his cricketing aspirations after the much-needed huge break eluded him although, by most accounts, he was a reliable all-rounder.

He introduced his “retirement” from cricket simply a few years earlier than coming into politics in 2015, on the tender age of 25.

The new vocation got here as an ideal pitch to bat on as he gained from Raghopur within the meeting election comfortably, because of a formidable, albeit short-lived alliance solid by arch-rivals Kumar and Prasad.

In addition to being his father’s favorite, Yadav exuded a maturity that was past his age which actually performed function in his rise.

As destiny would have it, Yadav’s title cropped up in a cash laundering case, regarding unlawful land transactions involving his father’s tenure because the Railway Minister within the UPA-1 authorities, when the scion himself was in his teenagers.

The improvement drew heavy opposition fireplace and the JD(U) chief, aware of his popularity for probity in public life, snapped ties with the RJD and ended up making a hasty return to the NDA.

Yadav took the sudden lack of energy in his stride and labored to maintain the RJD social gathering afloat whereas his father ended up behind bars following convictions in various fodder rip-off circumstances.

Questions had been raised about his skill to guide the social gathering and the Grand Alliance after the Lok Sabha elections during which the opposition coalition conceded 39 out of 40 seats to NDA and the RJD itself drew a clean.

He was ridiculed, by the then ruling JD(U)-BJP mix, as an “unwell ready scholar afraid of going through exams” when he demanded that the meeting elections be deferred in view of the worldwide pandemic.

However, as soon as the ballot schedule was introduced, the fireplace in his stomach was there for all to see.

Yadav displayed ruthlessness in shunning dissenters and guile in profitable over allies, together with the CPI(ML) which has been bitterly against the RJD particularly since former JNU president Chandrashekhar was gunned down, within the early Nineteen Nineties, allegedly by henchmen of the native MP Mohd.Shahabuddin.

Naysayers might imagine that he has short-changed himself, meekly accepting a deputy’s as an alternative of ready it out until the Chief Ministership could possibly be up for grabs.

Supporters will, nevertheless, be on a roll of their perception that he has given it again to the BJP which had snatched energy from the RJD by way of a “backdoor entry” 5 years in the past.