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Tej Pratap Yadav's New Party: Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav's elder son, Tej Pratap Yadav, revealed the symbol of his newly floated party - Janshakti Janata Dal, launched in August this year. Tej Pratap, who was recently expelled from RJD by his father and party supremo Lalu Prasad, shared this information about the theme and ideology of his party in a post on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. In this post, he wrote that his party is completely dedicated and ready for the overall development of Bihar.

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He did not feature his father, Lalu Prasad Yadav, in his party's poster shared on X. The poster shows Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayprakash Narayan and Karpoori Thakur.

'We are fully dedicated and committed to the complete development of Bihar. Our aim is to bring about a complete transformation in Bihar and build a new system from the ground up. We are ready to fight a long battle for the complete development of Bihar," his post read.

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In August, Tej Pratap Attempted To Form Alliance Of Small Parties

However, his fresh move is different from his earlier action in which he attempted to form a front of small parties in the first week of August.

On August 5, the former Bihar minister Tej Pratap announced the formation of a coalition of five minor parties to contest the assembly elections in the eastern state. Yadav made the announcement at a press conference, which was also attended by national presidents of the five parties.

The five parties are Vikas Vanchit Insaan Party (VVIP), Bhojpuriya Jan Morcha (BJM), Pragatisheel Janta Party (PJP), Wajib Adhikar Party (WAP) and Sanyukt Kisan Vikas Party (SKVP). Yadav said he will contest the assembly polls, due later this year, from the Mahua seat, which he had represented till 2020 when RJD had shifted him to Hasanpur.

Tej Pratap Parts Ways After Family Feud

The former Bihar minister was expelled from the party on May 25 by his father Lalu Prasad for six years, a day after he reportedly confessed to being "in a relationship" with a woman named Anushka.

He, however, later deleted the social media post, claiming that his page was "hacked". Lalu Prasad also disowned Tej Pratap due to his "irresponsible behaviour". A few days later, after his expulsion from the party, Tej Pratap had alleged that there was a "conspiracy" to drive a wedge between him and his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav.

(With PTI inputs)