Tejashwi Yadav is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is the youngest of the nine children of Indian politician Lalu Yadav.
Wiki/Biography
Tejashwi Yadav was born on Thursday, 9 November 1989 (age 31 years; as in 2020), in Gopalganj, Bihar. His full name is Tejashwi Prasad Yadav. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. Tejashwi did initial few years of his schooling from Patna and then went to Delhi for further education. He studied at Delhi Public School in Hemant Vihar till class five and then till class eight at DPS, RK Puram. Tejashwi was average at academics; however, he was drawn towards cricket quite early in his childhood. He was a part of the school cricket team and represented the team in various tournaments. Cricket enthusiast, Tejashwi Yadav dropped out of school in the middle of ninth class to make a full-time career in cricket. Thereafter, he represented Delhi’s state cricket team in various tournaments and also played a Ranji trophy season for Jharkhand. After failing to make a mark in cricket, Tejashwi Yadav gave up on the sport and decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and get into politics.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 6″
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Family & Caste
Tejashwi Yadav was born into a Shudra family. [1]Kancha Ilaiah
Parents & Siblings
Tejashwi Yadav was born to Lalu Yadav and Rabri Yadav. Both his parents have served as the chief minister of Bihar for around 15 years. He is the youngest of the nine children of Lalu Yadav. He has an elder brother, Tej Pratap Yadav, and seven sisters, Misa Bharti, Rohini Acharya, Chanda Singh, Ragini Yadav, Hema Yadav, Anushka Rao, and Raj Laxmi.
Relationships
There is no information available about Tejashwi Yadav’s love relationships.
Cricket Career
While playing for Delhi under-19 team Tejashwi was signed by Delhi Daredevils ahead of the IPL 2009. He remained to be a part of the Delhi Daredevils squad till four seasons from 2009 to 2012; however, he did not get to play a single match in all the four seasons of the IPL.

A picture of long-haired Tejashwi Yadav from the time when he was a part of the Delhi Daredevils’ squad
He played a few domestic cricket matches for Jharkhand in Ranji Trophy 2009, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2009, and Vijay Hazare Trophy 2010. In seven domestic matches that Tejashwi played in his entire cricket career, he scored just 37 runs and bagged one wicket. [2]ESPNcricinfo On 16 February 2010, Tejashwi played his last professional cricket match, which was played between Jharkhand and Tripura at Cuttack.
Political Career
Upon seeing that he stood no chance at a career in cricket, politics was probably the next possible stop for Tejashwi Yadav. He made his first public address back in 2010, campaigning for RJD prior to the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. In the 2015 Bihar Assembly election, Tejashwi, at the age of 26, successfully contested and won his first electorate from the Raghopur Assembly constituency. His party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won 81 seats, and formed a collision with JD (U)’s, whose seats tally stood at 70. Following the formation RJD-JDU government in Bihar in 2015, Tejashwi Yadav was sworn in as the deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
In 2017, CBI filed “land for hotel” scam case against Tejashwi Yadav and his family members, including father Lalu Yada and Mother Rabri Devi. The case led to the downfall of the RJD-JDU in 2017, as the JD (U) pulled its support from RJD and established a new government with BJP in Bihar. Tejashwi served on the post of deputy CM of Bihar from November 2015 to July 2017. He blamed BJP’s government in the centre to be playing vendetta politics by involving hi name in the corruption case that dates back to 2004. Rubbishing the case accusations against him, he said,
They are bringing up cases of 2004 against me. How could I be a criminal at 13 or 14, I didn’t even have a moonch (moustache) then!”
Tejashwi Yadav remained as the leader of opposition in Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2020.
Facts/Trivia
- While serving as the minister of road construction department in Bihar, Tejashwi introduced a WhatsApp number on which the general public could send in their complaints about damaged roads in their locality. As per the executive engineer who monitored the WhatsApp messages, the number received 47000 messages on WhatsApp out of which 44000 were from girls proposing Tejashwi Yadav for marriage. [3]NDTV
- Reportedly, Tejashwi made his under-15 debut for Delhi under Virat Kohli‘s captaincy. [4]Business Standard
- As per the data shared by My Neta, an open data depository platform, Tejashwi has 11 criminal cases against him; however, he has not been convicted in any of them. [5]My Neta
1. | ↑ | Kancha Ilaiah |
2. | ↑ | ESPNcricinfo |
3. | ↑ | NDTV |
4. | ↑ | Business Standard |
5. | ↑ | My Neta |