New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- Raj Ballabh Yadav, former MLA of the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD), on Sunday stirred up a controversy with a disparaging remark against de facto leader Tejashwi Yadav's wife as news from poll-bound Bihar keeps emerging with the state going into elections in a few months.

The former RJD MLA questioned Tejashwi Yadav's marriage outside the Yadav community, referring to his wife as a "jersey cattle".

"Caste is used only for votes. When it came to marriage, where did the marriage take place? What was the need to get the marriage done in Haryana and Punjab? Tejashwi Yadav seeks the votes of Yadavs of Bihar, but he did not deem a girl from the community to be fit to become his wife. Perhaps he was looking for a jersey cattl...