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Rohini Acharya quits politics and cuts family ties after alleging humiliation post Bihar polls defeat, while Lalu Prasad Yadav and Raj Laxmi Yadav back Tejashwi Yadav.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad with party leaders Tejashwi Yadav and Rabri Devi. (PTI Photo)
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family is undergoing turmoil after his daughter, Rohini Acharya, announced her decision to quit politics and cut ties with her family after she alleged that she was subjected to humiliation during a confrontation following Mahagathbandhan’s crushing defeat in the Bihar elections.
Meanwhile, the RJD supremo strongly backed his son during the meeting. He told leaders that Tejashwi had worked hard for the organisation and would continue to play a key role in leading the party forward.
While holding a review meeting after the disappointing Bihar Assembly elections results, Lalu sought to draw a clear line between private family disputes and organisational unity. According to RJD sources, Lalu told the gathering, “Whatever is happening in the family, I am there to handle it… but as far as the party is concerned, Bihar is our family.”
He further addressed the MLAs and candidates who lost the polls after contesting on RJD symbol and said if anyone wants to elect any other leader to lead the party in the assembly, they are welcome. But senior leaders — including Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Shakti Yadav and others — unanimously reaffirmed their support for Tejashwi Yadav, endorsing him as the legislative face of the party.
Both Rabri Devi and Misa Bharti were present during the meeting, signalling that the top rung of the Yadav family was united at the organisational level.
Adding to the show of support, Lalu’s youngest daughter Raj Lakshmi Yadav publicly backed Tejashwi. Posting a photograph of her brother on X, she wrote, “More power to you.”
Lalu Yadav Family’s Feud
The turmoil inside the RJD family deepened after Lalu’s daughter, Rohini Acharya, in an emotional and sensational allegation-filled outburst on social media, alleged that she was subjected to humiliation, including abusive language, an attempt to assault her with a slipper, and her kidney being called “dirty”.
She said she refused to compromise on her self-respect or abandon the truth, claiming this was the reason she faced such behaviour.
Rohini was spotted in the national capital on Sunday as she left the home of her sister, Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti. Speaking to reporters, she said she stood by every word she had posted on social media.
“Yesterday, a daughter, a sister, a married woman, a mother was humiliated, filthy abuses were hurled at her, a slipper was raised to hit her. I did not compromise on my self-respect, I did not surrender the truth, and solely because of this, I had to endure this insult…Yesterday, a daughter, out of compulsion, left behind her crying parents and sisters and came away; they tore me away from my maternal home… They left me orphaned…May none of you ever walk my path, may no family ever have a daughter-sister like Rohini,” she said in a post on X.
Rohini, who donated a kidney to her father in 2022, said she was subjected to “filthy abuses” during a confrontation involving two of Tejashwi Yadav’s closest aides — RJD Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav and long-time associate Rameez. She accused them of maligning her by claiming she had “taken crores” from the family after the kidney donation, calling it an “insult beyond forgiveness”.
Tejashwi Yadav, whose leadership and choice of advisers have come under fire since the defeat, has stayed largely out of public view.
Meanwhile, the controversy drew a fierce response from estranged elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav, who was ousted from both the party and the family earlier this year. He said that he won’t tolerate the humiliation of his sister.
“Yesterday’s incident shook me to the core. What happened to me, I tolerated it… but the insult my sister faced is absolutely unbearable,” he said in a statement from the JJD’s Instagram handle. In a warning to what he described as ‘jaichands’ (traitors), he said the people of Bihar will never forgive those who attack families.
Arunima is Editor (Home Affairs) and covers strategic, security and political affairs. From the Ukraine-Russia War to the India-China stand-off in Ladakh to India-Pak clashes, she has reported from ground zero …Read More
Arunima is Editor (Home Affairs) and covers strategic, security and political affairs. From the Ukraine-Russia War to the India-China stand-off in Ladakh to India-Pak clashes, she has reported from ground zero … Read More
November 17, 2025, 20:52 IST
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