Tej Pratap Yadav is an Indian politician. He was a Cabinet Minister for Health in Government of Bihar. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Mahua constituency as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal in 2015. He is the elder son of former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi. He notoriously threatened to skin Prime Minister Narendra Modi alive for his administration's downgrading of Lalu Prasad's security from Z+ to Z. He became a Cabinet Minister in Nitish Kumar's government from November 2015 till July 2017, despite having no experience of holding public office and ignoring many other experienced politicians from his own party.In December 2015, as the Environment Minister of Bihar, he promoted horse-riding as an initiative to curb pollution in the state.