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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Amit Bhelari

Amid poll heat, Lalu’s daughters sweat it out

Rohini Acharya Misa Bharti RJD Lalu Prasad Lok Sabha Rajiv Pratap Rudy Ram Kripal Yadav Tejashwi Yadav Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party

Misa Bharati and Rohini Acharya, daughters of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, are busier than ever. Navigating the maze that is Bihar politics, they are trying to find a way to reach the Lok Sabha.

While Ms. Bharati, a Rajya Sabha MP, is the RJD candidate from the Patliputra Lok Sabha seat from where she had lost to the BJP’s Mr. Ram Kripal Yadav in 2014 and 2019, the Singapore-based Ms. Acharya is debuting in politics against the BJP’s Rajiv Pratap Rudy in Saran.

Leaving 10, Circular Road, the official residence of former Chief Minister Rabri Devi where Mr. Prasad resides, Ms. Bharati has made her father’s Gaushala, a farmhouse 4km away, her base camp. Ms. Acharya is working out of the RJD office in Chapra to tour the constituency.

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