Summary:
Patna, Oct 3 (PTI) RJD president Lalu Prasad"s maverick elder son Tej Pratap Yadav has caused a flutter with the claim that his father was being held “captive” and prevented from returning to Bihar despite having been released from jail.
Yadav, who is known for shooting from the hip, made the comment on Saturday when he said the captors of his father, who is convalescing in Delhi since release from Ranchi jail a few months ago, were "four or five people" he did not wish to name.
Yadav, who is in his late 70s and suffers from multiple ailments, had been awarded sentences by a special CBI court in fodder scam cases.
Since his release from jail on bail, he has been putting up at his Delhi residence, staying away from the daily humdrum of politics.
Nonetheless, he has addressed RJD workers over video conferences on a couple of occasions.
The BJP predictably latched on to Tej Pratap Yadav"s utterances, insisting that the elder sibling was hinting at Tejashwi, his younger brother and the heir apparent to Prasad.