Patna, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan threatened legal action against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for making false statements about the former's stand on reservation on Frieda.

At rallies, especially in Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency, from where Paswan is contesting, Yadav has been claiming that the LJP(R) chief has advocated ending reservations for affluent Dalits.

When journalists drew Paswan's attention to this statement, he said, "This is a lie. Tejashwi Yadav is telling lies by holding rallies one after the other. He will have to stop this, otherwise I can take legal action." ."

He challenged the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar to "show me any statement in which I have, on record, spoken in favor of ending reservation for rich Dalits."

Although Paswan and Yadav have been good friends for a long time, their relationship was rooted in the close ties between their fathers, the late Ram Vilas Paswan and Lal Prasad respectively, but political rivalry seems to have overshadowed personal rapport.

NDA ally LJP(R) is contesting on five of the 40 seats in Bihar and is in direct competition with the RJD on three of them, including Hajipur, Ram Vilas Paswan's constituency, where the opposition party has fielded Shichandra Ram. Has landed in. , a former MLA.