Tej Pratap Thrown Out? Or Just a Sacrificial Lamb in Designer Kurta?
So, Tej Pratap Yadav — the flamboyant, controversy-hugging, astrology-believing son of Lalu Prasad Yadav — has been thrown out of RJD. Yes, officially disowned. Publicly humiliated. Politically ghosted.
Is it shocking? Maybe to the uninitiated.
To me? It smells of PR strategy marinated in family politics.
Let’s dissect this, KG-style.
Tej Pratap was never a politician. He was a walking tweetstorm. The dharma yogi of dysfunction. From wearing Shiva’s avatar in elections to launching his own party to publicly abusing RJD workers — he was less “future of the party,” more “footnote in disaster.”
Now suddenly — he’s out?
Too surgical. Too symmetrical. Too suspiciously clean.
If I was Lalu’s Media Advisor, which I have some credentials to be…
… and my brief was to fix the Yadav brand.
I’d call Lalu aside and say:
“Sir, the party is bleeding credibility. The media is mocking. Voters are doubting. And your legacy? Hanging by a cow’s whisker. You want Tejashwi to lead? Then we need a clean break. A dramatic sacrifice. Give them Tej Pratap.”
I would’ve pitched it like a Netflix political thriller:
- Scene 1: Internal revolt.
- Scene 2: Party announces expulsion.
- Scene 3: Tejashwi holds ground, says “Party before parivaar.”
- Scene 4: Media goes nuts. “RJD has changed!”
Clean-up complete. Image redeemed. Headlines hijacked.
And best part?
The real power stays in the family.
Was it all a conspiracy? Maybe. But not unbelievable.
Indian politics is not chess. It’s poker.
Bluffs. Sacrifices. Misdirection. PR over policy.
And this move? Classic optics over emotion.
But let’s say it wasn’t planned…
Let’s assume Tej was just too much — too loud, too chaotic, too embarrassing.
Fine. But guess what?
The result is the same.
RJD comes out looking mature. Tejashwi gets a solo runway. The media finds its hero-villain narrative.
And Lalu? He doesn’t have to say a word. The silence says it all.
KG’s Take?
Whether accidental or architected, this was the smartest thing RJD could’ve done this season.
If I were in the war room, I’d call this:
“Operation Redemption RJD.”
Politics isn’t about loyalty. It’s about legacy management.
And in this case, the weakest branch just got pruned for optics.
Tej Pratap became the perfect headline for a comeback story.
Because in India, politics is thicker than blood — and always better scripted.
