Lalu Prasad Yadav

Some Lesser Known Facts About Lalu Prasad Yadav

• Does Lalu Prasad Yadav smoke?: No

• Does Lalu Prasad Yadav drink alcohol?: No

• Lalu doesn’t know his real date of birth and uses the dates given in his educational documents i.e. June 11, 1948.

• His first job was a clerk in Bihar Veterinary College, Patna.

• He became the chief minister of Bihar in 1990.

• In 1977,  he formed a new party called “Rashtriya Janata Dal” after separating from the Janata Dal.

• In 1996, his Fodder Scam was exposed in which an amount of  9.50 billion (INR) was involved. After which, he resigned from Chief Minister’s post and with some other officials were convicted in the case.

• In 1970, when he was aged 22, he entered into politics by becoming the General Secretary of Patna University Students Union.

•  His eldest daughter, Misa was named after Maintenance of Internal Security Act, after he and many other people were thrown into jails during Emergency.

• In 1977,  he won a Lok Sabha seat and became one of the youngest member parliament, at the age of 29.

• Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt once said that he deserves to be the prime minister of India.

• In 2004, he made a guest appearance in a film called “Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav.”

• His son Tejasvi Yadav is a medium-pace bowler and had played for Jharkhand in domestic cricket.

• His son, Tejasvi also became part Delhi Daredevils squad in Indian Premier League 5  in 2012.

• One he held court under a tree and also held a cabinet meeting on the lines of a village chaupal, on a cement platform under open.

• After Bhagalpur riots in 1989, he grabbed the trust of Muslims who were once a vote bank for Congress.

• During the rallies of 2005 Bihar elections, he was accompanied by a person who looked like Osama Bin Laden and did anti-U.S speeches to get Muslim votes.

• In May 2025, he expelled his son Tej Pratap Yadav from the party and ceased all relations with him after Tej uploaded a social media post claiming that he had been dating Anushka Yadav for the last 12 years. However, when he received backlash from his followers, he deleted the post and claimed that his account was hacked.