Rohini Acharya (left) with her father Lalu Prasad Yadav, former CM of Bihar. Photo: Facebook/Rohini
BJP demands apology from Lalu’s daughter Rohini for 'insulting' Bihar CM
Responding to Nitish Kumar's comments on dynastic politics, Rohini Acharya attacked the CM in posts on X but she deleted them later, according to BJP leader Anand.
The Bihar BJP on Thursday (January 25) accused RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya of insulting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and demanded a public apology from her.
Acharya, who is based in Singapore, had used derogatory language against Kumar, also the ruling JD(U) president, in several posts on X, which were deleted later, Bihar BJP leader Nikhil Anand claimed.
Sharing a screenshot of the purported deleted posts, Anand said, "These are like an arrow released from the bow.” The BJP leader said if Acharya regrets having used words like ‘badtameez’ (ill-mannered) against the chief minister in the post, she should publicly express regret and apologise.
A section of the media claimed that Acharya had reacted to Kumar's statement against dynastic politics at a JD(U) rally commemorating former state chief minister and socialist icon Karpoori Thakur's birth anniversary on Wednesday. Thakur was conferred with the Bharat Ratna posthumously earlier this week.
While addressing the rally, Kumar criticised dynastic politics, stating that JD(U) followed the path shown by the late leader by not promoting anyone from the family in the party ranks.
A section of the media claimed that his statement was indirectly aimed at the RJD, an ally of the JD(U) in Bihar's Mahagathbandhan government in which sons of Prasad are ministers.
Prasad’s younger son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav is the Deputy chief minister of the Bihar government, while his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav is a minister in the state cabinet. The RJD president’s eldest daughter Misa Bharti is a Rajya Sabha member.
Responding to Kumar's comments on dynastic politics, Acharya attacked the chief minister in posts on X but she deleted them later, according to BJP leader Anand.
Meanwhile, RJD said Kumar's comments on dynasty politics were said in a "completely different context".
“People who are trying to hide their sins in the name of dynasty politics, don’t know the meaning of it. What Nitish Kumar said was in a completely different context,” said RJD spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav.
(With agency inputs)
