Sibling Showdown In RJD Again? Cryptic Posts by Lalu Yadav's Daughter Trigger Speculation Ahead of Bihar Polls

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ahead of the assembly elections in Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) seems to be bracing for a feud in the family of its founding president Lalu Prasad Yadav. While Tej Pratap has been sulking ever since Prasad expelled him from the party earlier this year, Rohini Acharya, who has been nursing political ambitions, raised eyebrows with a series of cryptic tweets in the past few days.

Rohini Acharya Sparks Buzz With Cryptic Post

Rohini Acharya, who first came to limelight in 2022 when she donated a kidney to her father, came out with a post on her X handle on Friday in which she wrote: "I have been performing my duties as a daughter and a sister and will continue to do so. Neither am I hankering after a post nor do I have any political ambitions. For me, self-respect is supreme".Sharing a video shot while she was being taken to the operation theatre for the surgery that saved her father's life in 2022, Acharya wrote, "For those who are ready to make sacrifices, putting their own life at stake, fearlessness, boldness and self-respect run in the blood."Tej Pratap, who has vowed to queer the pitch for his father's party by forming a motley coalition of non-descript parties, came out in support of Acharya. "Rohini is much elder to me. As a child, I have played in her lap. The sacrifice she had made is hard for any daughter, sister and mother. The anguish she has expressed is justified," he said.

Family Feud 2.0?

Acharya has made her political debut last year from the Saran constituency, which was represented by her father long ago. She lied low for sometime after the electoral loss and was again seem in public last month when she joined Tejashwi Yadav and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra'.

Speculations are rife that Acharya again wishes to contest in the upcoming assembly election; however, she has got cold shoulder from Tejashwi, reported PTI.

RJD Heading For Bloodbath, Says NDA

Ruling-NDA seized the opportunity to attack the RJD, with JD(U) saying that Lalu Yadav's party seems to be heading for a "full-fledged bloodbath." "It is not a rift, but a full-fledged bloodbath that the RJD seems to be heading for," said Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, national spokesman of the JD(U)."Lalu Prasad's family has been shaken by a gate-crashing from Haryana," said Prasad, in an oblique reference to Sanjay Yadav, a Rajya Sabha MP and key aide of Tejashwi, whose "arrogance and authoritarian streak" was blamed by the JD(U) leader for his elder siblings feeling alighted.Prasad also claimed that the RJD chief's eldest daughter Misa Bharti, who managed to win a Lok Sabha election last year in her third attempt, also "does not have good equations with Tejashwi".

What Tejashwi Yadav Said?

However, Tejashwi Yadav rushed to dismiss speculations."There is no problem in the party or the family. The NDA is staring at a defeat in the polls and is clutching at straws," Tejashwi asserted.(With inputs from PTI)