Lalu Prasad's son-in-law attends Tej Pratap's official meeting, BJP cries foul
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Lalu Prasad's son-in-law stoked a massive controversy after he attended a departmental meeting of minister Tej Pratap.
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad once again found his family embroiled in a massive controversy after his eldest son-in-law Shailesh Kumar attended the departmental meeting of minister Tej Pratap. As pictures of Shailesh Kumar from the meeting went viral, BJP also launched an attack on the RJD.
Shailesh Kumar is the husband of Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti, who is also an MP.
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Tej Pratap took oath as minister in the Nitish Kumar cabinet on August 16 and on the same day he took charge of the environment, forest and climate change department which was allocated to him.
On August 17, Tej Pratap chaired a review meeting of the environment, forest, and climate change department at Aranya Bhawan. Tej Pratap's brother-in-law was seen sitting in this meeting with department officials.
On August 18, Tej Pratap held another meeting with officials of the Bihar Pollution Control Board, which was once again attended by Shailesh Kumar. This time he was seen sitting along with Tej Pratap.
A massive controversy erupted after videos and pictures of both the meetings went viral on social media with BJP questioning in which capacity Shailesh Kumar attended the meetings.
