Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s two sons, Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejaswi Yadav, will contest the Bihar assembly polls.
Their names figure in the list of 242 candidates released on Wednesday by the Grand Alliance of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress. Elder son Tej Pratap Yadav, 27, will contest from Mahua constituency and Tejaswi Yadav, 25, from Raghopur. Both Mahua and Raghopur are adjacent constituencies in Vaishali district, not far from Patna. Vaishali is considered a RJD stronghold.
Lalu Prasad and his wife and former chief minister Rabri Devi won several elections between 1995 to 2010 from Raghopur. (PTI)