Lalu Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya announced quitting politics and ‘disowning’ her family after RJD’s major loss in Bihar polls. BJP leaders commented on the ‘family feud,’ with one calling it an internal matter but urging the family to stay united.
As the RJD patriarch Lalu Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya decided to quit politics, BJP MLA Sanjiv Chaurasiya on Saturday said that the feud is ongoing in the former Bihar Chief Minister’s family, and they will have to address the issue before the public.
“Family feuds are beginning to surface, so now they’ll have to answer for them,” Chaurasiya told ANI.
Earlier in the day, Rohini Acharya said she has decided to “quit” politics and “disown” her family, a day after the party suffered a massive defeat in assembly polls, securing only 25 seats in the 243-member state assembly.
BJP Calls it an ‘Internal Family Matter’
Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal stated on Saturday that RJD chief Lalu Yadav’s daughter, Rohini Acharya’s decision to quit politics and “disown” her family is an “internal family matter” and it is not “appropriate to comment on it too much”.
However, Dilip Jaiswal did request the family to “not break apart due to one individual” and said that Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi need to save this family.
“This is an internal family matter of Lalu Yadav’s family. I would request that the family not break apart. If the family is breaking up because of one individual, that is not appropriate. Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi need to save this family. This is a family matter, so it is not appropriate to comment too much on it,” Dilip Jaiswal said.
In a press conference earlier, Jaiswal, without naming individuals, said that the way “Rohini Acharya has donated her kidney to save Lalu Yadav. Lalu Yadav’s family is constantly falling apart due to the actions of one or two individuals; no one will like it. I also want to say that if a family is falling apart because of one person, it is not right.”
Deepening Cracks in Lalu’s Family
With her “disowning” family, the cracks within Lalu Yadav’s family have widened as her brother Tej Pratap Yadav was expelled from both the party and family earlier this year following a controversy over his personal life. His expulsion followed a debate over a Facebook post in which he claimed to be in a relationship, sparking a public fallout with his family.
Rohini Acharya’s decision to sever ties with her family came a day after RJD suffered a major loss in the Bihar Assembly election, finishing the election as the third-largest party with just 25 seats, despite contesting on more than 140 seats. (ANI)
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