Chandrika Rai

Former Bihar minister and six-time MLA Chandrika Rai, whose daughter Aishwarya has filed for divorce from Tej Pratap Yadav, Lalu Yadav's son, and who was a senior RJD leader, will now defend the Parsa seat as a JDU candidate

Several people were injured when a stage set up for Janata Dal (United) leader Chandrika Rai's election campaign rally collapsed on Thursday in Bihar's Saran district. The stage gave way due to overcrowding; no serious injuries were reported.

RJD leader and former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav today reacted to the news of his estranged father-in-law Chandrika Rai joining rival JD(U) ahead of the Assembly elections in the state and said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party "will not gain anything" if Mr Rai joins the party.

The main opposition RJD on Thursday received yet another jolt ahead of the polls when its three more MLAs including old-timer Chandrika Rai, whose daughter is locked in a nasty marital dispute with Lalu Prasads son, joined the ruling JD(U).

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and father-in law of Tej Pratap Yadav, Chandrika Rai, today said he has resigned from the party.

The tension between the two powerful political families of Bihar was in limelight once again as Chandrika Rai, father of Aishwarya Rai and RJD MLA, refused to take back the belongings of her daughter which were sent by former Bihar Chief Minister, Rabri Devi.

Tej Pratap, the elder son of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav, is campaigning against his party, urging people not to vote for his father-in-law Chandrika Rai, an RJD candidate from Bihar's Saran candidate.

Tej Pratap Yadav, who is in the middle of another tantrum, complete with threats to form a new party, is waiting for the party's decision on the two tickets he sought for his close aides in the national elections beginning next week.

Lalu Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap, who filed for divorce last year, wants his father-in-law Chandrika Rai replaced as the RJD candidate in Saran, a parliamentary constituency his father represented four times.

A day-long buzz that Tej Pratap Yadav has scrapped his plan to divorce his wife of six months proved baseless on Thursday, as the elder son of veteran Bihar leader Lalu Yadav told a family court in Patna that he stands by the decision to part company with her.

Former Bihar minister and six-time MLA Chandrika Rai, whose daughter Aishwarya has filed for divorce from Tej Pratap Yadav, Lalu Yadav's son, and who was a senior RJD leader, will now defend the Parsa seat as a JDU candidate

Several people were injured when a stage set up for Janata Dal (United) leader Chandrika Rai's election campaign rally collapsed on Thursday in Bihar's Saran district. The stage gave way due to overcrowding; no serious injuries were reported.

RJD leader and former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav today reacted to the news of his estranged father-in-law Chandrika Rai joining rival JD(U) ahead of the Assembly elections in the state and said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party "will not gain anything" if Mr Rai joins the party.

The main opposition RJD on Thursday received yet another jolt ahead of the polls when its three more MLAs including old-timer Chandrika Rai, whose daughter is locked in a nasty marital dispute with Lalu Prasads son, joined the ruling JD(U).

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and father-in law of Tej Pratap Yadav, Chandrika Rai, today said he has resigned from the party.

The tension between the two powerful political families of Bihar was in limelight once again as Chandrika Rai, father of Aishwarya Rai and RJD MLA, refused to take back the belongings of her daughter which were sent by former Bihar Chief Minister, Rabri Devi.

Tej Pratap, the elder son of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav, is campaigning against his party, urging people not to vote for his father-in-law Chandrika Rai, an RJD candidate from Bihar's Saran candidate.

Tej Pratap Yadav, who is in the middle of another tantrum, complete with threats to form a new party, is waiting for the party's decision on the two tickets he sought for his close aides in the national elections beginning next week.

Lalu Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap, who filed for divorce last year, wants his father-in-law Chandrika Rai replaced as the RJD candidate in Saran, a parliamentary constituency his father represented four times.

A day-long buzz that Tej Pratap Yadav has scrapped his plan to divorce his wife of six months proved baseless on Thursday, as the elder son of veteran Bihar leader Lalu Yadav told a family court in Patna that he stands by the decision to part company with her.