After a day-long drama RJD chief’s elder son Tej Pratap met his father Lalu Prasad Yadav at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) here on Saturday. After the meeting Tej Pratap said he remained firm on his stand to get divorce from his wife Aishwarya Rai.
Pratap, who had left Patna to meet his father on Friday evening, reached RIMS around 3 pm and headed straight to room number 11 located on the first floor where Lalu is undergoing treatment. He remained with his father for over two hours.
On being asked about his stand on his wife, the former health minister of Bihar said, “Tej Pratap could not be kept under any type of bondage. I could not live a life of subjugation.”
Pratap alleged that so far he has been made a rubber stamp adding he was put under considerable pressure on the issue. He added that he was also awaiting his father’s return to home to discuss the issue.
The former health minister, however, added he would prefer to speak about the entire episode concerning his marriage in the court.
According to Pratap has filed a divorce petition before the court even though RJD leaders present in RIMS claimed that the family dispute would be resolved soon. A RJD leader Lav Kush Yadav pointed out that disagreement takes places in every family adding they are resolved later on.
It may be stated here that talking to media persons while coming to Ranchi Pratap had told the mediapersons that his mentality does not match with that of his wife. He said he will now fight for justice.
Even as Pratap was coming to Ranchi to meet his father there was a buzz that Lalu was quite disturbed by the bickering in his family. RIMS doctors, however, sought to clarify that Lalu was in a stable condition. Dr Umesh Prasad of RIMS who is overall in-charge of the RJD leader’s health said that vital parameters of the leader including his blood pressure and sugar level were normal.