The age discrepancy in the affidavits of two sons of RJD President lalu Prasad in which the younger one has been mentioned as one year older than his elder brother, is snowballing into a controversy with the BJP urging the Election Commission to probe the papers of the younger brother, Tejaswi Prasad Yadav.
The RJD supremo, however, appeared unperturbed about it and said what was mentioned in the voter card was final.
“They have mentioned their age in the affidavit as it is given in their voter identity card...Age in voter card is final...If age is written as 80 on the voter ID it will be final and has to be mentioned in the nomination papers,” the RJD chief told reporters. “They are making unnecessary controversy about the issue,” he said in an apparent dig at the BJP. The affidavit filed by Tejaswi, who is contesting from the Raghopur Assembly seat in Vaishali district, shows his age as 26 years.