Tej Pratap Yadav, former Bihar Minister, has landed himself in a controversy after he threatened to beat up Sushil Modi at his son’s wedding scheduled for 3 December.
Tej Pratap said that he will expose Modi at his son’s wedding for possessing illegal wealth. For the past few months, the Yadav family is facing several enquiries over alleged possession of illegal and unexplained wealth.
I will beat him (Sushil Modi) up and set things on fire for possessing unexplained and illegal wealth.Tej Pratap Yadav, Former Bihar Minister
The entire family of Lalu Prasad Yadav has been invited to Modi’s son’s wedding. Tej Pratap went on to say that if he goes to the wedding, he will disrupt the ceremony and will find a way to win his fight against Modi.
Condemning former Bihar health minister Tej Pratap Yadav's threat to beat him up, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi on 22 November said the former was trying to disturb his son's wedding out of frustration.
Tej Pratap is frustrated and hence he is threatening to disturb my son’s wedding. It is very sad. Why is he bringing politics into this? I had respectfully attended weddings of Lalu ji’s children and I believe he must talk to his son about this.Sushil Modi told ANI
He also said that the comments were sad since he had respectfully attended weddings of the Yadav family and that lalu Yadav should talk to his sons about this. The video in which Tej Pratap threatened Modi has gone viral on social media.
(With inputs from ANI, PTI and Hindustan Times)
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