Today (Friday) is the last date for nomination for 121 assembly constituencies in the first phase of Bihar elections (2025). Nominations will be scrutinized tomorrow (October 18, 2025). Meanwhile, the richest candidate of Bihar has been revealed from the affidavit filed by the candidates. The names of leaders like Lalu’s son Tejashwi Yadav or Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary are not among the richest candidates.

In fact, with the nomination in Bihar elections, information about the assets and cases of the leaders is continuously coming to light. Shishir Kumar, son of Patna Mayor Sita Sahu, has assets worth Rs 23.36 crore and is the richest candidate. Samrat Chaudhary is the BJP candidate from Tarapur assembly seat. In his affidavit, he has given details of movable and immovable assets worth Rs 11.31 crore.

Tej Pratap Yadav has assets worth Rs 2.88 crore.

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav is the owner of total assets worth Rs 2.88 crore. There has been a slight increase in his wealth in the last five years. After being expelled from RJD, Tej Pratap has recently formed a new political party called Janashakti Janata Dal. In the affidavit filed before the election officer along with the nomination papers, he said that he has movable assets worth Rs 91.65 lakh, which is less than Rs 1.22 crore declared in the year 2020. His immovable assets are worth Rs 1.96 crore, which was Rs 1.6 crore five years ago.

Tejashwi has movable and immovable assets worth Rs 8.1 crore.

Tej Pratap’s younger brother Tejashwi Yadav is contesting elections from Raghopur. He has movable and immovable assets worth about Rs 8.1 crore. According to the affidavit, Tejashwi Yadav’s wife Rajshree Yadav has assets worth Rs 1.88 crore. Tejashwi has movable assets worth Rs 6.12 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 1.88 crore. His wife Rajshree owns immovable property worth Rs 59.69 lakh. Tejashwi has Rs 1.5 lakh in cash, while his wife has Rs 1 lakh in cash.

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Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav, who is always in the headlines in Bihar politics, is once again in the news. After expulsion from Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), he has now filed nomination from Mahua Assembly seat under the banner of his new political party Janashakti Janata Dal. In the affidavit filed during this period, Tej Pratap has disclosed his assets and criminal cases.

According to the affidavit, Tej Pratap Yadav has total assets worth Rs 2.88 crore. This includes movable property worth Rs 91.65 lakh and immovable property worth Rs 1.96 crore. Interestingly, in the year 2020, he had declared movable assets worth Rs 1.22 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 1.6 crore. That is, in the last five years there has been a slight increase in their immovable assets, but there has been a decrease in their movable assets.

on Tej Pratap 8 criminal cases pending

In the election affidavit, Tej Pratap also revealed that 8 criminal cases are pending against him. These include serious category cases like 324,302,120B, 341 in IPC sections. There are 498 cases of dowry harassment and SC/ST Act as well as Arms Act. He has not been convicted in any of these cases yet. It has also been clarified that the details of his wife Aishwarya Rai have not been included in the affidavit, as the divorce case is currently pending in the family court of Patna.

Tej Pratap Yadav is expelled from RJD for 6 years

Tej Pratap Yadav was expelled from the party for 6 years by his father and RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav in May 2025. The reason given was ‘irresponsible behaviour’. After the expulsion, Tej Pratap formed a new party Janashakti Janata Dal and now he is contesting on the ticket of the same party. At the time of nomination, he tried to convey an emotional message by keeping a photo of his late grandmother.

Politics and controversy together

Tej Pratap Yadav’s politics has always been surrounded by controversies. Sometimes his statements, sometimes controversies regarding his personal life, sometimes differences with the party leadership, all these kept him in the headlines continuously. A few months ago, he had claimed on social media that he was in a relationship with a woman, after which the party took strict action and expelled him. Later Tej Pratap said that his Facebook account was hacked.

Was elected MLA from Mahua in 2020

Tej Pratap Yadav was elected RJD MLA from Mahua assembly seat in the year 2020. After this the party made him its candidate from Hasanpur seat. Despite his ups and downs in politics, Tej Pratap is still one of the popular faces of Bihar.

Election activity intensifies in Bihar

This time the contest in Bihar Assembly elections 2025 is going to be interesting. Voting will be held in two phases in the state – the first phase on November 6 and the second phase on November 11. Counting of votes will take place on November 14. In such a situation, the results of both Tej Pratap Yadav’s new innings on Mahua seat and Janshakti Janata Dal’s exam will be revealed on the same day.