Tej Pratap Yadav

Tej Pratap Yadav (born 16 April 1988) is an Indian politician. He was cabinet minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Government of Bihar. He is the eldest son of former Chief Ministers of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi.

Early life and education
Tej Pratap Yadav was born on 16 April 1988 in Patna. He is the elder son among the seven daughters and two sons of two former Chief Ministers of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi. His 7 sisters are Misa Bharti, Rohini, Chanda, Ragini, Hema, Anushka and Raj Lakshmi Yadav. Tejashwi Yadav is his younger brother.

He passed Intermediate from BSEB in 2010 as per the affidavit proposed by him in 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election. His educational qualifications have constantly been objected upon by public and also considered illiterate by several Independent Journalists.

Personal life
He was married to Aishwarya Roy, daughter of Chandrika Roy and granddaughter of Bihar's ex-Chief Minister Daroga Prasad Rai. He has been accused by his wife of beating her and using drugs, and also of cross-dressing. According to the Times of India report, one of his grouses against his wife is that "she has not been able to adjust to his way of life."

Political career
He became a Cabinet Minister of Health in Nitish Kumar's government from November 2015 until July 2017. In December 2015, as the Environment Minister of Bihar, he promoted horse-riding as an initiative to curb pollution in the state.

The marital discord between Yadav and Aishwarya Rai, daughter of Chandrika Roy, resulted into political "subplot in fight for Parsa seat" of Bihar Assembly, in 2020. Aishwarya also urged the public to vote for CM Nitish Kumar, who is a key political rival of her husband's family.

Controversy
In 2017, Tej Pratap Yadav threatened to skin Prime Minister Narendra Modi alive after Lalu Prasad's security was downgraded from Z+ to Z. Lalu defended his son over this. On the last day of voting in the 2019 general elections, a video of an alleged assault on a video journalist by his bodyguards went viral, while Yadav lodged an FIR calling it a conspiracy to kill him.

Youtube career
Tej Pratap Yadav also runs a YouTube vlog channel "L-R vlog" in which he shares his daily life and travel videos. Recently this channel hits 1 lakh subscribers. To celebrate 1 lakh subscribers milestone a hording featuring Tej Pratap Yadav have cropped up in Bihar’s capital Patna. The hording are as a “thank you” to the 1 lakh subscribers of his vlog channel, while also urging people to follow his YouTube channel.