On R-Day, Tej Pratap reaches RJD office to find gates shut

Lalu Prasads elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday received a rude shock when he reached the RJD Bihar headquarters here to greet party workers on the occasion of Republic Day but found the gates of the premises shut.

The mercurial RJD MLA summoned the caretaker of the premises, got the gates opened and went inside where he vented his ire at the partys state president Ram Chandra Purve who had reportedly ordered that the office remain shut for the day.

This is a serious matter. No party keeps its gates shut on the Republic Day. It is an occasion when party colleagues get a chance to interact. It seems the old guard in the party is uneasy with the young blood, symbolized by myself and Tejashwi (younger brother), Yadav told reporters.

On finding the gates padlocked I called up Madan, a loyalist of my father who keeps the keys to the premises in his custody. I was shocked when he told me that the premises had been locked for the day on directions of Ram Chandra Purve, he