Tej Pratap is also the grand son of Ratan Pratap Yadav who was Mulayam Singh Yadav's elder brother. He too passed away this year at the age of 80.
Even though Tej Pratap was never in the forefront of Samajwadi Party's activities, he worked tirelessly in the background. As a young boy, he even participated in Saifai bazaar's padyatra in January 2012.
Tej Pratap Yadav studied in Delhi Public School (Noida). After his schooling, he went on to do his graduation from Amity University in Noida. Later, he enrolled himself into University of Leeds, UK to study MSc in Management.