patna rjd national president lalu prasads estranged brothersinlaw sadhu yadav and subhash yadav on saturday sought to fish in troubled waters by accusing the former bihar chief minister of having ignored his elder son tej pratap when naming tejashwi as his political successorbrothers of prasads wife rabri devi who succeeded him as chief minister they used to wield tremendous clout in the states politics and administration when the rjd was in powerthey were also elected to parliament when prasad moved to delhi and became a union minister in 2004 over the years however the two fell out of favour with the rjd supremotalking to a regional news channel separately sadhu yadav and subhash yadav squarely blamed lalu prasad for the perceived struggle for supremacy between tej pratap who of late has shown greater interest in the rjds affairs and tejashwi yadav who was declared the partys chief ministerial candidate last yearit was his lalus excessive fondness for tejashwi that led him to turn his back on us now he is doing the same to his elder son being the elder child tej pratap too must get something sadhu yadav saidsimilar views were echoed by subhash yadav who suggested that in the event of the rjd winning power in bihar one of the brothers should head the government while the other should lead the partysadhu yadav recently made an appearance at a dharna staged by tej pratap at a police station triggering speculation that the maternal uncle was egging on his mercurial nephew to take on the younger brother who enjoys a greater clout within the partyhowever tej pratap yadav sidestepped queries about his being goaded by his maternal uncles to embark on a collision course with tejashwi yadavif the uncle does not act in a way that benefits the nephew he gets finished like kansa was slain by krishna tej pratap yadav known for his fondness for mythological metaphors remarked cryptically