Tej Pratap Yadav to contest from Mahua seat on Jan Shakti Janata Dal ticket

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After being expelled from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son, Tej Pratap Yadav will now contest from Mahua constituency on his own party Jan Shakti Janata Dal's ticket.

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00:00And clearly there's an all-out fight in the Lalu Parivar as well.

00:06Lalu's son Tej Pratap has confirmed that he's going to be fighting from the Mawasit.

00:10This comes after a very public spat within the family leading to Tej Pratap exiting the RJD

00:16and he's going to be contesting on the Jan Shakti Janata Dal ticket.

00:20That's his party.

00:21So he is going to be fighting from Mawasit, which is his stronghold.

00:25No surprises there.

00:26But what this essentially cements is the fact that there is an all-out tussle between the two brothers

00:31or within the Lalu family for that matter.

00:34Remember, Tej Pratap was removed from the RJD, but he made it very clear that he's not going to back down

00:39and said he will be contesting the elections.

00:42True to his word, the announcement has been made that Tej Pratap now will be fighting from the Mawasit.

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