"Baccha hai, chunaav ke baad jhunjhuna pakda denge": JJD chief Tej Pratap takes jibe at Tejashwi Yadav's poll campaign in Mahua

Patna (Bihar) [India], November 4 (ANI): Janshakti Janata Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav who is contesting from Mahua constituency in Bihar has said that his younger brother Tejashwi Pratap Yadav was "still a child" and that the time to give him a rattle (a metaphor for giving him responsibility) will come only after the Assembly elections in the State.
Tej Pratap was responding to a question related to the poll campaign in Mahua of Tejashwi Yadav, who is the Mahagathbandhan's Chief Ministerial nominee. The JJD chief further said that considering that Tejashwi had campaigned in his constituency he will in turn go to Raghopur from where Tejashwi was contesting.
"Bachaa hai, chunaav baad usko jhunjhuna pakdayenge. ... If he goes to our area, we'll go to his area too. Then we'll go to Raghopur," Tej Pratp Yadav told reporters.
Tej Pratap filed his nomination on October 16 from Mahua constituency. On October 13, JJD announced its first batch of 22 candidates for the State assembly elections, slated to be held in two phases.
Yesterday, Tej Pratap Yadav took a dig at Rahul Gandhi, suggesting that the Congress MP should become a "rasoiya" (cook), rather than a politician.
"Rahul Gandhi's job is to ride a motorcycle and spread pollution. He'll spend his entire life fishing. The country will be plunged into darkness... 'Jalebi chhan'na, machli pakadna, unko toh rasoiya hona chaiye tha'. Why did he become a politician?," Tej Pratap told reporters.
Janshakti Janata Dal chief remarks follow in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's visit to Begusarai where the Congress MP jumped into a pond and participated in traditional fish catching exercise.
The 2025 Bihar Elections is witnessing a contest between the National Democratic Alliance and the Mahagathbandhan. The NDA comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal (United), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
The Mahagathbandhan, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal, includes the Congress party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML), led by Deepankar Bhattacharya, the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and Mukesh Sahani's Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP).
Additionally, Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj has staked claims to all 243 seats in the state.
The voting for the 243-seat Bihar Assembly will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. The results will be declared on November 14. (ANI)