Patna, April 18: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Thursday got engaged to Aishwarya Rai, RJD lawmaker Chandrika Roy's daughter. The engagement has been held at Hotel Maurya in Patna. Preparations were in full-swing for the engagement since early morning on Thursday. However, Lalu who is jailed after his conviction in the fodder scam cases, will not be present for his son's engagement.

Currently, Tej Pratap represents Mahua constituency in the Bihar Assembly. He is the elder son of former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi. To recall, he had won during the 2015 Bihar Assembly elections and was made the environment minister in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet. This will probably be the first function in his family that has taken place in Lalu's absence.

As per reports, nearly 200 people present at the hotel when Tej Pratap and Aishwarya Rai will exchange the rings. After the grand engagement today, their marriage is likely to take place in May this year.

According to a report in Dainik Jagran, the colorful flowers for the engagement ceremony have been brought in from far off places including Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Pune. Post the engagement, a grand wedding ceremony is reported to take place on May 12 Bihar Veterinary College compound in Patna.

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