Tej Pratap Yadav’s offbeat moments proceed to make headlines. This time, the Bihar politician discovered himself on a exercise mat with Bollywood actor Mallika Sherawat, in a section of a actuality present titled ‘Bhojpuri Bawaal’ – a second that has caught the web’s consideration.
Yadav joined Bhojpuri Bawaal, a actuality present that includes the lives of common Bhojpuri personalities, earlier this yr, with the present introduced in Could and premiered on August 2 on JioHotstar.
In a now-viral section, Sherawat takes on the function of a health teacher, guiding Tej Pratap, the son of veteran chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, by yoga postures and stretching workouts.
Whereas Sherawat performs the strikes with ease, Tej Pratap seems to wrestle to maintain tempo, at one level admitting, “It is very laborious.”
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Tej Pratap’s many avatars
Tej Pratap, as soon as recognized primarily as Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son, has more and more change into a social media character with a spread of pursuits and public personas.
In 2015, whereas serving as a minister within the Nitish Kumar authorities, he famously rode a horse to his workplace.
His social media presence has since expanded into a mixture of political commentary, spirituality, life-style content material and vlogging, giving his followers a glimpse into his numerous pursuits.
Tej Pratap options in Bhojpuri Bawaal, a present that follows the lives of common personalities from the regional leisure world. The present additionally options names together with singers and actors Pawan Singh, Nirahua and Amrapali Dubey.
The format follows the contributors of their every day lives with out standard duties, eliminations, or manufactured drama.
When Tej Pratap was jailed
In July 2026, Tej Pratap was arrested and remanded in judicial custody for 14 days after police alleged that his presence and actions contributed to the escalation of protests in Patna over an alleged NEET paper leak, leading to property harm.
It was the primary time the 38-year-old politician was jailed throughout his political profession.
Yadav urged Cockroach Janta Social gathering founder Abhijeet Dipke to go to the state and assist dislodge the BJP-led authorities headed by Samrat Choudhary.
“I, Tej Pratap Yadav, make this particular enchantment to Abhijeet Dipke, the founding father of the Cockroach Janata Social gathering, that he come instantly to the land of Bihar,” mentioned the mercurial chief, who, by the way, had ended up being detained by police earlier within the day for supporting a bandh referred to as by Left-wing college students’ unions.
(With inputs from companies)
