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The long-running political rivalry between Rashtriya Janata Dal scions Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav has once again flared up, with the former publicly discrediting his younger brother’s projection as a “Jan Nayak" (people’s hero) in the run-up to the Bihar assembly elections. Tej Pratap Yadav, contesting from the Mahua assembly constituency as the chief of his newly formed Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD), sharply criticised the pervasive use of the slogan “Bihar Ka Nayak" on hoardings featuring his younger sibling.

In a direct jibe at the RJD’s heir apparent, Tej Pratap stated, “Tejashwi cannot be a ‘jan nayak’ because his power and influence do not come from the public; they come because of our father [Lalu Prasad Yadav]. The day he truly becomes a jan nayak,

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