Rohini Acharya Quits Politics, Severs Family Ties After Bihar Poll Loss

Rohini Acharya, daughter of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, announced on Saturday that she is quitting politics and severing ties with her family, following the party's poor performance in the Bihar Assembly elections. In emotional social media posts and statements to reporters at Patna airport, Acharya accused her brother, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, and two of his close aides, Sanjay Yadav and Rameez, of humiliating her, hurling abuses, and attempting to strike her with a slipper after she blamed them for the electoral defeat.

The allegations surfaced a day after the National Democratic Alliance secured a decisive victory with 202 seats in the 243-member assembly, including 89 for the Bharatiya Janata Party and 85 for the Janata Dal United. The RJD, contesting 143 seats as part of the opposition Mahagathbandhan alliance, won only 25, a sharp drop from its 75 seats in 2020. The alliance, which included the Congress, Vikassheel Insaan Party, and three Left parties, managed just 35 seats overall. Tejashwi Yadav retained his Raghopur constituency with a margin of about 14,500 votes.

Acharya, 46, a medical graduate and homemaker based in Singapore, had been an active...