Patna: At times, things go wrong in ways that we get confused whether to complain about them or laugh. Whatever be the case, this hilarious development will shun the popular notion that girls from Bihar are shy and lack a romantic streak.
A case in point here is the experience that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav, arguably one of the most eligible bachelors in the state, had following the launch of a number on WhatsApp to take stock of bad roads.
The minister has been popularizing a WhatsApp number 9470001346 for drawing the Bihar government's attention to bad roads. What he wanted people to do was send the photographs of bad roads to get them repaired.
However, as it turned out, what happened was much more than just that.
The young maidens of the state mistook the number as the highway to link up with the 26-year-old minister.
Ever since the number became public, young women mistook it as the handsome cricketer-turned-politician’s personal number and began sending personal messages (read proposals) to him.
"Hundreds of personal messages for Tejaswai Yadav landed in the WhatApp number in the last two weeks," said an official of the road construction department.
What he did not reveal though is that the messages were accompanied by the photographs of the young ladies who wished to hook up with the young bachelor.
Yadav too reacted in jest to the message, but one with deep undertones that married men will do well to relate to. Yadav said such personal messages could have landed him into deep trouble had he been married.
"Thank God that I am still single," he said, according to a ministry official.
Son of Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad, he is one of the most high-profile bachelors in Bihar along with his elder brother Tej Pratap, who is Bihar Health Minister.
Yadav had earlier used social media platform to help Bihar residents. Last December, he helped an engineering student from Sitamarhi district to get his pending scholarship. The student had complained to Yadav through Facebook that he was not getting the scholarship which was due to him.
Yadav had then directed concerned officials to look into the complaint and ensure that the youth received the scholarship money.
