Pappu Yadav: Tejas lacks patience

PURNIA: Congress's Pappu Yadav, who has queered the pitch for ally RJD by throwing his hat in the ring in Purnia Lok Sabha seat as an Independent candidate, on Tuesday said Tejashwi Prasad Yadav lacked the "patience" of his father Lalu Prasad.

Pappu Yadav made the remark in response to queries from journalists who drew his attention to speeches by Yadav who has been campaigning intensively for the RJD candidate Bima Bharti.

At a rally on Monday, Tejashwi had said, "The choice is clearly between INDIA bloc or NDA. If you do not support Bima Bharti, you shall be deemed to be with the NDA."

A video clip of this remark has gone viral, with political commentators viewing the utterances as a sign of desperation on the part of Tejashwi, who is said to have played an instrumental role in stymying Pappu's bid to contest from Purn'a as the INDIA bloc candidate. Pappu said, "Why does he get so impatient? It seems he has not inherited patience from his father."