Patna: In an ominous sign for the Nitish Kumar government, Rashtriya Janata Dal MLA Tej Pratap Yadav fumbled while taking oath. Tej Pratap, the elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, could not pronounce the word apekshit (expectations) correctly and instead he said upekshit (neglected) following which Governor Ramnath Kovind asked the Mahua MLA to repeat his oath.
But he once again fumbled during the swearing-in. This time he said jab (when) instead of tab (then) and Kovind corrected him again. The 28-year-old Tej Pratap won his maiden election from Mahua defeating Hindustan Awam Morcha (Secular) candidate Ravindra Rai by 28,155 votes.
Lalu's younger son Tejashwi Yadav, too, has been sworn in as a minister in the Nitish Kumar government. Lalu and his wife Rabri Devi, both former Bihar CMs, were present during the oath taking ceremony and became emotional when Tejashwi and Tej Pratap took oath.
Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar CM for the fifth time at Patna's Gandhi Maidan in front of a huge crowd and chief ministers of several states. Union ministers Venkaiah Naidu and Rajiv Pratap Rudy represented the Central government.
The Janata Dal United-Rashtriya Janata Dal-Congress Mahagathbandhan routed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance by winning a massive 178 seats in the 243-member Bihar Assembly. The NDA won only 58 and the other seven were bagged by smaller parties and independents.
Comments
0 comment