Tejashwi Yadav

Tejashwi Yadav

Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician and former cricketer. He is serving as the leader of opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was selected for the U-15 cricket team of Delhi as an all rounder at the age of 13.

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Summary Tejashwi YadavTejashwi Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician and former cricketer. He is serving as the leader of opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. In 2015, he was elected as the representative of the Raghopur constituency and served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar between 2015–2017. He was selected for the U-15 cricket team of Delhi as an all rounder at the age of 13. In 2008, he and his brother Tej Pratap Yadav were allegedly assaulted at a traffic stop by a group in a neighbouring car and were hospitalised for bruises as a result. The group alleged that the two had harassed some girls while according to the RPF personnel, the group including both boys and girls had abused and assaulted the brothers and one of the constables which led to the loss of his service revolver.

In 2010, he made his one day debut in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and played two matches against Odisha cricket team and the Tripura cricket team respectively; his team lost the first match and won the second one. By 2013, he had retired from his cricket career. Following his advent into politics, he is credited for successfully modernising the Janata Dal Dal and forming a coalition with Nitish Kumar and the Indian National Congress. In the 2014 general election in Bihar, he formed an alliance between the Rashtriya Dalata and the National Congress to form a coalition government.