Tej Pratap Yadav

Some Lesser Known Facts About Tej Pratap Yadav

• Does Tej Pratap Yadav smoke?: No

• Does Tej Pratap Yadav drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Tej Pratap was born into an influential political family.

• Though he was enrolled in the Bihar National College in Patna, he was unable to clear his BA Part I (Political Science) Exam in 2012, after which he left his college midway.

• In November 2015, he fumbled at the oath ceremony of the Nitish Kumar government, as he misspelled the word “apekshit” (expected) instead of “upekshit” (neglected). The then Governor of Bihar, Ram Nath Kovind, had to interrupt twice by saying “It’s apekshit, not upekshit,” to rectify his mistake.

• He aspired to be a pilot and even enrolled himself in Patna’s Bihar Flying Institute to gain a commercial pilot license (CPL). In order to achieve the license, he was supposed to fly for at least 200 hours, but he wasn’t able to do so, hence, left the training midway.

• In December 2015, as the Environment Minister of Bihar, he promoted horse-riding as an initiative to curb pollution in the state. He set an example by riding a horse himself.

  

• In 2016, he was seen frying snacks at the Bihar Vidhan Sabha canteen, when he was serving as the Cabinet Minister for Health in the Government of Bihar.

  

• He gained the nickname “Kanhaiya” after his picture in Lord Krishna’s dress went viral.

  

• In October 2021, while addressing the Chatra Janshakti Parishad, his new organisation that he founded after rift with RJD state chief Jagdanand Singh, Tej Pratap revealed that he was a pilot and was once selected for the Indian Air Force. ^[6]Financial Express He said,
  

  Before coming to politics, my background was of a pilot. I had applied to join Indian Air Force and was selected too. I have also done two years of training from Bihar Flying Institute…Cessna 172 was my aircraft. There was an instructor Captain Surya Pratap and he used to train me. I used to fly aircraft. It was my childhood passion to join the Indian Army. I have my ID card of that, all documents, my medical test was also done, I have kept all these things. ‘Captain’ is a prefix to my name but I don’t use it. Many people don’t know, if you go to the airport of the flying institute, many old personnel there will tell you that Bhaiya (Tej Pratap) used to come here to fly aircraft.”