"Respect Elders": Tejashwi Yadav's Latest Shot At Brother Tej Pratap

Sources have told NDTV that amid the resurgent fight in the Rashtriya Janata Dal, which has seen Tej Pratap target the party's Bihar unit president Jagada Nand Singh, who is also its most senior member, Tejashwi Yadav has decided to take the firm way with his older brother.

In the renewed tussle between Bihar politician Lalu Yadav's sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap, the former has taken on his elder sibling, according to sources, with a punchline not without a tinge of irony: "Our parents have taught us to respect elders". Sources have told NDTV that amid the resurgent fight in the Rashtriya Janata Dal, which has seen Tej Pratap target the party's Bihar unit president Jagada Nand Singh, who is also its most senior member, Tejashwi Yadav has decided to take the firm way with his older brother. "Tej Pratap may be the elder brother but our parents have taught us to respect elders and be disciplined even though resentment and anger are common in politics," is the message that Tejashwi has sent out for Tej Pratap, sources said. The swipe came as the proxy war between the two brothers flared once again in the last few days and saw Tejashwi, the one with more sway in the party, remove the party's student unit chief, infuriating Tej Pratap.