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How Lalu Yadav's family feud turned into Rohini Acharya vs Tejashwi Yadav
Rohini Acharya alleged that she was "thrown out" of the family by Tejashwi Yadav, along with Sanjay Yadav and Rameez, the two people she had named earlier.
Former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya snapped at her brother and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav while talking to the media at the Patna airport on Saturday, hours after announcing that she was quitting politics and her family.
She also alleged that she was "thrown out" of the family by Tejashwi, along with Sanjay Yadav and Rameez, the two people she had named in her earlier post.
Yadav family feud turns into Tejashwi vs Rohini
Speaking to reporters at Patna airport, Rohini Acharya alleged that she had been pushed out by key members of the RJD leadership.
“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. 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,” she said.
Hours before namedroping her brother, Acharya had announced her quitting politics, and her family. She had sarcastically said that it was on the advice of RJD MP Sanjay Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav's reported close friend, Rameez.
“I am quitting politics and I am disowning my family…This is what Sanjay Yadav and Rameez had asked me to do…and I am taking all the blame," she wrote in her post.
The bombshell came just a day after the assembly poll results, in which the family-led party was routed by the ruling NDA, managing just 25 seats in a House of 243.
It is speculated that she was not happy with Sanjay Yadav and Rameez Alam, the two people she named in her post. Sanjay Yadav is ta Rajya Sabha MP from RJD and one of the most trusted aides of her brother Tejashwi Yadav. Rameez Alam is reportedly Tejashwi’s old friend, hailing from a political family in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, as per PTI.
It was not clear from Acharya’s post what exactly Sanjay Yadav and Rameez had said to her.
The Tej Pratap Yadav angle
It was also speculated that Rohini Acharya was "unhappy" over the expulsion of Tej Pratap Yadav, elder son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, from the party. When Tej Pratap floated his own party before the Bihar polls, Rohini Acharya showed her support for her brother through a social media post.
“May you achieve all the success and happiness in the world, and continue to shine brightly, my brother. Tons of good wishes, love, and blessings,” she had written on X.
During the assembly elections, she was seen campaigning for Tejashwi.
Who is Rohini Acharya?
Rohini Acharya is one of the children of RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and former CM Rabri Devi.
Acharya was in the news for donating a kidney to her father a few years ago. She had also entered electoral politics and had unsuccessfully contested last year’s Lok Sabha polls from Bihar’s Saran against BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
She also campaigned extensively for RJD and Tejashwi Yadav in the recently concluded Bihar assembly election.
