Bihar election 2025: After disowning family, Rohini Acharya accuses Tejashwi camp of ‘throwing her out’

Bihar election 2025 live updates: As Lalu Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya announced her decision to quit politics, BJP MLA Sanjiv Chaurasiya on Saturday said that the feud within the former Bihar chief minister’s family is continuing and must be addressed publicly. “Family feuds are beginning to surface, so now they'll have to answer for them,” Chaurasiya told ANI.

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter, Rohini Acharya, arrived at Patna airport on Saturday, reiterating her grievances against the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leadership.

She told reporters that she had been sidelined by senior figures in the party. “I don't have a family. You should go and ask Tejashwi Yadav, Sanjay Yadav, and Rameez. They are the ones who threw me out of the family,” she said.

Alleging a lack of accountability within the party, she added that “they do not want to take any responsibility… The whole nation is asking why the party failed like this. When you take the names of Sanjay Yadav and Rameez, you are thrown out of the house, disgraced, and abused.” Read More

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Jan Suraaj Party president Uday Singh on Saturday said that party founder Prashant Kishor will remain active in politics and continue his efforts toward Bihar’s development.

Speaking to ANI, Singh said, “Certainly, he (Prashant Kishor) will continue to be there (in Bihar). We didn't enter politics at the behest of JD(U); we won't leave at their behest either. We can think of leaving only when we feel that a change has set in in Bihar.”

Bihar election 2025 live updates: A day after the NDA’s sweeping victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, Union Minister and LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan visited Baba Yogeshwar Nath Dham in Khagaul to offer prayers. The LJP (Ram Vilas), which contested 29 seats, emerged as a key performer within the alliance by winning 19 constituencies.

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Charkhi Dadri, Haryana: Reacting to the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 results, Congress MP Kumari Selja accused the BJP of influencing voters through inducements and aggressive tactics.

“It has become clear to everyone what kind of temptations were offered to the common people. People were given money... There, the BJP resorted to every possible tactic... The young generation wanted change. The youth want employment... We will analyse the entire election,” she said, adding that her party would review the outcome in detail, reported news agency ANI.

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Union minister Chirag Paswan, who met Nitish on Saturday, said his party LJP (RV) was looking forward to joining the new government, and he "personally" felt that JD(U) boss Nitish Kumar should continue as chief minister. Read More

Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal said, "Everything will be decided within the next two days," he said, and announced that on Sunday the BJP will hold thanksgiving marches in all districts of Bihar to express gratitude to the voters.

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Following the NDA’s sweeping victory in the Bihar assembly elections, the process of forming the new government gained momentum on Saturday, with alliance partners convening separate meetings of their newly elected legislators in Patna.

Leaders of the NDA also called on chief minister Nitish Kumar to extend their congratulations.

According to senior alliance members, the formal government formation exercise is expected to begin within the next two to three days, once all victorious MLAs, many still in their constituencies, arrive in the state capital.

The current assembly’s term ends on November 22, and the 18th Bihar assembly will be constituted on or before that date. Read More

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took aim at the Congress while reflecting on the NDA’s victory in Bihar, asserting that the party has been struggling across state elections held after the Lok Sabha polls.

“The state elections that followed the Lok Sabha elections, in all those, Congress was in a dire state. We won more MLAs in Bihar yesterday than the Congress won in these five or six states combined,” he said in Gujarat rally, reported ANI.

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that repeated instances of verbal attacks against chief minister Nitish Kumar and a decline in parliamentary decorum contributed to voter resentment in Bihar.

“You must have seen the scenes in the Bihar Assembly over the past two or three years. The way insulting Nitish Kumar became fashionable, with vulgar language being used. The way the other 'naamdaar' in the Parliament violates the decorum of the Parliament, the same was happening in Patna,” he said in Gujarat.

Modi added that such behaviour alienated voters. “Neither the people of the country accept this, nor could the people of Bihar. There are many such things that created an atmosphere of complete hatred towards them in this election.”

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Bihar BJP MLA Sanjiv Chaurasiya on Saturday dismissed any uncertainty over the leadership question in the state, saying, “Everything is clear. Where is the difficulty in this?” when asked whether Nitish Kumar would continue as chief minister.

Responding to RJD leader Rohini Acharya’s decision to quit politics and sever ties with her family, he added, “Family feuds are beginning to surface, so now they'll have to answer for them.”

Bihar election 2025 live updates: JD(U) leader Shweta Gupta was responding to RJD leader Rohini Acharya’s decision to withdraw from politics and sever ties with her family, when she said, “All the promises they (RJD) made were false. So this was bound to happen,” reported news agency ANI. She added that this was “their own decision.”

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Reacting to RJD leader Rohini Acharya’s announcement that she is quitting politics and severing ties with her family, BJP leader Ram Kripal Yadav said the issue should be treated as an internal matter. “This is her family matter. The feud is happening in front of everyone, and all are witnessing it. I do not want to comment further on it,” he said, declining to elaborate on the developments, reported ANI.

Bihar election 2025 live updates: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter, Rohini Acharya, on Saturday declared that she was stepping away from politics and cutting all ties with her family, a day after the party’s poor performance in the Bihar assembly election 2025, where it secured only 25 seats.

She said she was acting on the advice of Sanjay Yadav and Rameez. “I’m quitting politics and I’m disowning my family …This is what Sanjay Yadav and Rameez had asked me to do …nd I’m taking all the blame,” she wrote on X. Read More

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Reacting to Rohini Acharya’s decision to ‘resign’ from the RJD and break ties with her family, JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar said the move raises serious questions for the party’s top leadership. “The daughter (Rohini Acharya) who saved the life of Lalu Yadav is now saying in pain that she is quitting party and disowning family. It is a big question on Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi?” he said, reported news agency PTI.

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Jan Suraaj spokesperson Tarique Anwar Chaparni, reacting to the party’s defeat, said the organisation would spend the next five years reviewing its performance.

He wrote in a post on ‘X’, “The analysis will continue for a full five years. But after scouring the streets of Bihar for three years, I have a one-liner analysis. No one has a counter-narrative to the BJP's 'nationalism' narrative. Until a counter emerges, go ahead and keep cursing Modi for that self-satisfying thrill. The more abuse Modi gets, the more the poor Hindu in the village starts tying it to his self-respect and pride.”

Bihar election 2025 live updates: JD(U) leader Umesh Singh Kushwaha on Saturday met with Nitish Kumar. After the meeting, he told reporters, "People of Bihar have given their stamp of approval on development and good governance. The achievements of the 20 years of our leader Nitish Kumar and that of PM Modi - people have placed their trust in them," reported ANI.

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Responding to Congress MP and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s post on the Bihar election results, deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha criticised the Congress leader, saying, "Rahul Gandhi does not believe in the constitution from the beginning. He cannot understand that the people of India want a 'sevak', not a 'yuvraj'. We got more than 2/3 of the vote in 2010, too. This is not the first time," reported news agency ANI.

LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan said representatives of the party had met Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, adding that there had been a discussion on government formation.

“Representatives of LJP(RV) met Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and discussed government formation in the state,” PTI news agency quoted Paswan as saying. He further said that the representatives congratulated Nitish on the NDA poll victory.

LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan said he was “grateful” to the National Democratic Alliance for placing trust in his party, which earlier had no MLAs in the Bihar Assembly

Paswan's party had contested on 28 seats in the state according to NDA seat sharing, and won 19 of those.

JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Saturday said the Opposition was “indulging in a blame game rather than engaging in self-reflection and working on their mistakes.”

In an interview with ANI news agency, Tyagi said, “Just two days ago, Tejashwi Yadav was declaring himself the Chief Minister. Democracy is alive, but Congress is not ready for the fight.” He further said the women and youth of Bihar had given the mandate to the BJP.

Star campaigners for the NDA, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, through their campaigns and strategy, contributed to the alliance's victory in the Bihar Assembly elections.

Yogi Adityanath addressed a record 30 rallies in support of 43 candidates in 10 days in Bihar, drawing large crowds. Meanwhile Maurya, who was was appointed party co-incharge for the Bihar assembly elections, had been tasked with mobilising the support of the non-Yadav OBC community.

Bihar election 2025 live updates: Reacting to the NDA's landslide win in Bihar, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan called for “examining” the victory.

“Those who have won should celebrate their victory. But we must also examine whether the victory was achieved fairly…,” Haasan said, as quoted by ANI.

Former union minister and MP from Aarah, RK Singh, was suspended by the BJP's Bihar unit citing “anti-party” activities. In a letter to him, the BJP unit said: “Your activities are against the party. This falls under the purview of indiscipline. The party has taken this seriously. This has caused damage to the party”.

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BJP's vote share rose to 20.07 per cent in the 2025 Assembly elections, in comparison to 19.46 per cent in 2020. The party also contested on 101 seats in these elections, lesser than in 2020, when it contested on 110 seats, according to Election Commission data.