Tejashwi Yadav To NDTV: Told My Dad "Want To Marry Her, But She's Christian" | EXCLUSIVE

Tejashwi Yadav, the new Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, today described his wife Rachel Godinho, or Rajshri Yadav, as "the perfect partner" and said his family fully supported his decision to marry her at the end of last year. Talking to NDTV hours after he took oath as the second-in-command of the new Bihar government headed by Nitish Kumar, Mr Yadav said that in marriage, he sought "partnership and understanding." He said when he realised he had found that, he told his father, Lalu Yadav: "I'm dating this girl and I would love to marry her. But she's a Christian." "My dad was like, 'It's OK. No problem'," he said.  

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