No positive result seems to have emerged after an adamant son met his ailing father in prison hospital in Ranchi on Saturday.
Tej Pratap Yadav, who has filed petition for divorce from his wife of less than six months Aishwarya Rai in the court, heard his father Lalu Prasad patiently but insisted that he was not ready any more to spend a “suffocating life with her.” The hearing of the case is slated on November 29 and he said he would reveal everything only in the court. “I don’t want to be tied to any bandhan (bonding),” he reportedly told his father.
Prior to reaching Ranchi and meeting RJD supremo, Tej told media people in Gaya that his decision was final and there was no question of withdrawing his petition. He said he was reluctant to marry her but was forced by parents who made him a “pawn.”
“Ghut ghut kar jeene ka koi fayda nahi. Main Krishna hoon par Aishwarya meri Radha nahi hai,” (no use of living in suffocation. I am like Krishna but she is not my Radha), said Tej and added that there was no coordination between them as she belonged to high society.
Some reliable sources disclosed that Tej is under great influence of a Baba in Vrindavan (Mathura) and it is suspected that the Baba told him that he was like Krishna but Aishwarya was not his Radha so better they should separate. Tej last met that Baba only three days back in Vrindavan. Baba’s influence on Tej is more than his parents have on him. That could be a reason that he was accusing his parents, Lalu and Rabri Devi, for coercing him to marry Aishwarya, daughter of RJD leader and MLA Chandrika Rai.
The attitude of Tej has shocked the families of Lalu-Rabri and Chandrika Rai beyond words. Rai with daughter Aishwarya rushed to the house of Rabri Devi on Friday late evening but all attempts to reach Tej failed as he had left by car for Ranchi and refused to take any call. However, he made a night halt at Gaya and resumed his journey Saturday morning.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who was not keeping well and had postponed his yatra two days back attended a party meeting on Saturday in a bid to show that party was not perturbed over the family feud.
When newsmen asked about the incident, a tense looking Tejashwi shot back, “No need to take interest in family matter. This is our problem and leave it on us. You people better look at the problems of Bihar and India and the youth and their unemployment.”