Final Up to date:November 16, 2025, 23:48 IST
Chirag Paswan mentioned he can perceive the emotional turmoil Rohini Acharya was experiencing.
Chirag Paswan mentioned he can perceive the emotional turmoil Rohini Acharya was experiencing.
Amid escalating feud inside Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav’s household, Union Minister and LJP (Ramvilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Sunday expressed hope for a decision quickly. He additionally backed Lalu’s daughter Rohini Acharya’s emotional assertion of a daughter’s rights, at the same time as he prevented commenting instantly on her allegations.
Reacting to the controversy triggered by Rohini, who accused her youthful brother and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav of mistreatment, Paswan mentioned he can perceive the emotional turmoil she was experiencing. He added {that a} daughter’s connection to her maternal dwelling was no much less important than that of sons, and her emotions should be acknowledged with sensitivity.
Regardless of political variations, Paswan reiterated his private heat in direction of Lalu Prasad’s youngsters. “We might have had political differences, but I have always considered Lalu ji’s family my own. Be it Tejashwi, Tej, Misa or Rohini, I have considered them my siblings,” he mentioned, including that unity inside a household empowers people in public life.
His remarks got here after Rohini Acharya introduced she was quitting politics and publicly accused members of her family of humiliation, abuse that triggered a political storm. She alleged that she was subjected to humiliation, together with abusive language, an try to assault her with a slipper and her kidney being referred to as “dirty”.
She mentioned she refused to compromise on her self-respect or abandon the reality, claiming this was the rationale she confronted such behaviour.
“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 mentioned in a submit on X.
Rohini, who donated a kidney to her father in 2022, mentioned she was subjected to “filthy abuses” throughout a confrontation involving two of Tejashwi Yadav’s closest aides — RJD Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav and long-time affiliate Rameez. She accused them of maligning her by claiming she had “taken crores” from the household after the kidney donation, calling it an “insult beyond forgiveness”.
In her submit, Acharya wrote, “To all the married women, I will say that when there’s a son in your maternal home, never, ever save your God-like father; instead, tell your brother, the son of that house, to get his own kidney or that of one of his Haryanvi friends transplanted.”
“All sisters and daughters should look after their own homes and families, take care of their children and their in-laws’ household without caring for their parents, think only about themselves,” she mentioned.
“I did what I did to save my God — my father — and today, the kidney is being called ‘dirty’… May none of you ever make a mistake like mine, may no family ever have a daughter like Rohini,” she added.
At present, whereas talking to the media, Acharya broke down and mentioned that she has solely severed ties together with her brother and that her household continues to be standing by her.
“I have only cut ties with my brother. My family is still standing by me. They were crying when I left home,” she mentioned.
The dramatic household implosion got here at a time when the RJD is grappling with its steepest political decline in years. With the Mahagathbandhan barely securing 35 seats in complete, the blame recreation inside get together ranks has intensified, centring on Tejashwi’s election technique and the function of his aides.
(With inputs from businesses)
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