Tej Pratap Yadav candidate’s papers rejected

PATNA: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav suffered a jolt as his nominee Angesh Singh’s papers from Sheohar parliamentary seat were rejected in scrutiny on Wednesday. Syyed Faisal Ali is the official RJD candidate from Sheohar.

East Champaran district

magistrate-cum-returning officer of Sheohar, Raman Kumar, told TOI over phone that Angesh’s nomination papers were rejected as per the Election Commission of India’s guidelines. He said Angesh had been sent the notice regarding problem with his papers, but he did not reply.

Tej had, in fact, held a roadshow for Angesh in Sheohar and called the RJD nominee a BJP agent.

Tej, who was to hold a roadshow for his second nominee Chandra Prakash in Jehanabad against RJD candidate Surendra Yadav, cancelled his programme. He was supposed to go there by a chopper, but did not turn up. However, Tej is not missing any chance to support his elder sister Misa Bharti, who is contesting from Pataliputra seat. He is likely to accompany Misa during her filing of nomination papers on Thursday.