Tej Pratap Yadav Detained Hours After Joining Student Protest In Patna
Tej Pratap Yadav Detained Hours After Joining Student Protest In Patna Published By, Last Updated: July 25, 2026, 22:14 IST Tej Pratap Yadav was detained
Tej Pratap Yadav Detained Hours After Joining Student Protest In Patna Published By, Last Updated: July 25, 2026, 22:14 IST Tej Pratap Yadav was detained by police from a shopping mall in Patna on Saturday. Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav. (Image: X/@TejYadav14) Janshakti Janata Dal President and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son, Tej Pratap Yadav, was detained by Patna police on Saturday, PTI reported. This comes hours after he joined a student protest in Patna. The protest in the state capital was held as part of the Bihar bandh over the alleged NEET paper leak. The former Bihar minister was detained by police from a shopping mall in the city. VIDEO | Bihar: Jan Shakti Janata Dal President Tej Pratap Yadav allegedly detained by Patna police.(Full video available on PTI Videos –) pic.twitter.com/FrBSAxnfgM — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 25, 2026 A police team led by the City Superintendent of Police (SP) took him into custody and escorted him in the City SP’s official vehicle amid heavy security deployment.
Tej Pratap Joins Students Protest The Patna Police has not yet issued an official statement regarding Tej Pratap’s alleged detention. Earlier in the day, the JJD leader joined protesters at Ram Gulam Chowk near Gandhi Maidan, where demonstrations were being held demanding a fair investigation into the alleged NEET paper leak. He was briefly detained during the protest also before being released later. Tej Pratap On Pradhan’s Resignation Reacting to Pradhan’s resignation, he said the BJP leader should have stepped down much earlier. Speaking to ANI, he said,"… Sweets should be distributed at the BJP office… This resignation should have happened much earlier. But this alone will not solve the problems faced by the youth…" Tej Pratap Invites Abhijeet Dipke To Bihar Earlier today, Tej Pratap urged Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke to visit Bihar and help unseat the BJP-led government headed by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary.
मैं, तेज प्रताप यादव, कॉकरोच जनता पार्टी के संस्थापक अभिजीत दीपके से यह विशेष अपील करता हूँ कि वे अविलंब बिहार की धरती पर आएं।बिहार की वर्तमान राजनीतिक परिस्थितियों को देखते हुए आज एक कड़े और मजबूत जनांदोलन की आवश्यकता है। मैं उनसे आग्रह करता हूँ कि वे बिहार आकर यहाँ की जनता की… pic.twitter.com/ADzYCxfB4w— Tej Pratap Yadav (@TejYadav14) July 25, 2026 The e minister, who floated the JJD after being expelled from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) led by his father, made the appeal in a post on X shortly after the CJP called off its protest in Delhi following Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over the alleged NEET paper leak. “I, Tej Pratap Yadav, make this special appeal to Abhijeet Deepke, the founder of the Cockroach People’s Party, that he come immediately to the land of Bihar," he said. News18 Newsletter Handpicked stories, in your inbox A newsletter with the best of our journalism submit About the Author Manisha Roy Manisha Roy is a Senior Sub-Editor at News18.com's general desk.
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