Tej Pratap Fumbles Twice During Oath-Taking, Pronounces ‘Upekshit’ Instead Of

During electioneering, when Narendra Modi questioned Lalu Prasad’s younger son Tejashwi Yadav’s educational qualification, the RJD chief took umbrage at the prime minister’s jibe and questioned Modi and his HRD minister Smriti Irani’s qualification.

Earlier on Monday a much relaxed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited the Lalu-Rabri household and accepted “kharna” Prasad in the presence of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief, family members, and party leaders from both the RJD and the Janata Dal – U.

While repeating the particular line, the class 12-passed leader again fumbled and pronounced “Jab” instead of “Tab”. The 28-year-old Tej Pratap won his maiden election from Mahua defeating Hindustan Awam Morcha (Secular) candidate Ravindra Rai by 28,155 votes.

Tej Pratap, who turns 28 tomorrow, has settled for a junior role compared to his younger brother Tejaswi, who is likely to take charge as Deputy Chief Minister at 26.

The Governor pointed this out and asked Tej Pratap, older of Prasad’s two sons, to take the oath again.

Lalu’s RJD is the single largest party in the Bihar Assembly with 80 seats. He was asked by Governor Ramnath Kovind to repeat his oath after a flub; he had said “Upekshit (neglected)” instead of “Apekshit (expectations)”.