Patna: Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Monday slammed the Birsa Munda Central Jail administration after having a brief meeting with father Lalu Prasad in Ranchi.

Tejashwi slammed the behaviour of the jail officials for allowing him to speak to his father for not more than five minutes when he reached the jail around 9.15am.

It was for the first time Tejashwi had gone to meet Lalu in jail after the former chief minister's conviction. Lalu is behind bars after he was convicted in one of the fodder scam cases. He has been sentenced to 3.5 years of jail term.

Soon after meeting Lalu in the jail with two other people (because only three are allowed to meet once a week) Tejashwi expressed anger and disappointment.

"The jail administration killed our time outside the prison by asking us to fill different forms and completing the formalities. I hardly got five minutes to speak to my father," Tejashwi told The Telegraph over phone from Ranchi.

Tejashwi said despite completing all formalities on time, the jail authority did not allow him to meet his father for more than five minutes. Tejashwi had gone to the jail to inquire about his father's health and expressed concern that the family is worried about the RJD chief's health.

"We all know that he is a diabetic and takes a lot of medicines. Our concerns are genuine because he has also undergone a major heart surgery and the doctors have prescribed him medicines. He has been asked to take it on time. We are worried about his health," Tejashwi said.

Lalu's eldest son Tej Pratap Yadav has not yet visited Ranchi to meet him. Lalu on Sunday celebrated Makar Sankrant inside the jail after a few well-wishers of his had visited the jail with curd and beaten rice ( chura). They, however, didn't enter the jail.

On what the father-son discussed, Tejashwi said he was instructed to carry on the work of the party with dedication and not to bother about Lalu.

"Lalu ji said he is fine in the jail and not to worry about him. He asked me to spread his message to every person in the state and distribute his letter to every hand. His body language was fine and bold. He said for the uplift of the downtrodden and the suppressed he is ready to go to jail for even 100 years but will never compromise with feudal and communal mindset people," Tejashwi said.

RJD national spokesperson Manoj Jha with former RJD MP Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi and MLC Ran Vijay Singh met Lalu in the court when he was on his way to be produced before the court in two other cases of fodder scams on Monday.

Jha said no political discussions took place between Lalu and him and he had gone there to inquire about his health.

Ejya Yadav, RJD MLA, Samastipur, had met Lalu last Monday. According to sources he was allowed 15 minutes to talk to his party chief in the jail. However, police sources at the Birsa Munda Central Jail said Lalu's time of meeting Tejashwi clashed with his production in court for the fodder case. "This cut short the time," said the source.