RJD
| Name | Tejashwi Prasad Yadav |
|---|---|
| Age | 36 Years |
| Gender | M |
| Assembly Area | Raghopur |
| Criminal Cases | Yes (22) |
| Total Assets | ₹ 9Crore |
| Total Liabilities | ₹ 1.9Crore |
| Education | 8th Pass |
Tejashwi Yadav is the candidate favoured to be the next chief minister of Bihar under the Mahagathbandan alliance. Yadav is contesting in the upcoming elections from the Raghopur assembly constituency.
Tejashwi Yadav was born in Gopalganj, Bihar to Rabri Devi and Lalu Prasad Yadav, both of whom have served as Chief Ministers of Bihar, Rabri Devi being the only women to ever do so in the state. He is the youngest of nine siblings with seven sisters and an older brother. Yadav went to school in Patna but later moved to Delhi with his elder sister Misa Bharti and finished his primary studies till class 5th from Delhi Public school in Vasant Vihar. From 6th class onwards he studied from Delhi Public school R.K. Puram, but discontinued his studies without completing 10th standard to pursue sports, specifically cricket. Yadav was selected for the U-15 cricket team for Delhi of which Virat Kohli was captain. His U-15 won the national tournament where Yadav was part of the match winning partnership with Ishant Sharma in the finals. Yadav was also part of the U-17 and U-19 team of Delhi. He was selected as a standby player for the world cup winning U-19 team of Indian. In 2008, Yadav was contracted by the Delhi Daredevils IPL team but was benched for the entire seasons from 2008 to 2012. Yadav was also selected for the state level Jharkhand team and played in domestic leagues before retiring from the sport in 2013.
Tejashwi Yadav’s political career started in 2010, campaigning for his father’s party, The Rashtriya Janata Dal. He won the 2015 elections from the Raghopur constituency, became an MLA and was selected as the Deputy Chief Minister and the minister for public works in Chief Minister Nitin Kumar’s 5th term. In 2018, Yadav became the president of RJD and led the party and in the 2020 elections he was the Chief Ministerial candidate of the Mahagathbandan but the alliance won only 110 seats failing to form government as a majority of 122 is required to form government. On August 10th 2022, he was once again sworn in as deputy Chief Minister of Bihar with Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister. In the upcoming election, Tejashwi Yadav will contest from the Raghopur constituency for which polling will take place in the first phase of elections on 6th November 2025.
In 2022 Tejashwi Yadav, along with his father, mother and other family members were accused in a case filed by the CBI. They were accused of taking plots of land from people and in return giving them Group D railway jobs during Lalu Prasad’s term as the Railway Minister in 2004 and this case is still under investigation. Yadav was also accused in a criminal defamation case in 2023 for defamatory remarks against Gujarati people, calling them thugs, he withdrew the remarks in court and the case was quashed by the Supreme Court in February 2024.
