Lok Sabha election 2024: oksabha election 2024: This time in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s two daughters have entered the political battle, just as his sons were seen making a mark during the Bihar Assembly elections. This can only be considered as an extension of the dominance of Lalu family in politics. What is the reason for this strategy of Lalu family? Why are sons trusted in state elections and daughters trusted in Lok Sabha elections?
Loksabha election 2024: The political innings of Lalu family is quite long. First of all, let’s take a look at the political journey of his wife Rabri Devi, sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap, daughter Misa Bharti so far.
Misa Bharti
Misa Bharti’s political career started in 2014. Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi’s daughter Misa inherited politics. The party pitted him against Ramkripal Yadav from Patliputra Lok Sabha constituency. However, he had to face defeat in the MP elections. After this she remained active in various party activities. In 2018, he was made a member of the Assembly Committee. Before this, she was also a member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of External Affairs. In 2016, the party sent him to Rajya Sabha. She was the chief whip of her party Rashtriya Janata Dal in the Rajya Sabha. She has been a member of the Food Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Committee. RJD’s Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti is once again the RJD candidate from Patliputra. She is contesting the Lok Sabha elections. Misa Bharti is also taking up the responsibility of campaigner for RJD in this election.
Rohini Acharya
Rohini Acharya, who came into limelight in 2022 by donating a kidney to her father Lalu Prasad, has now openly debuted in politics. Rohini Acharya, who has been making the party’s stand from time to time on social media and has been in the news for her statements, is openly in the political arena from the Lok Sabha elections. He has started his election campaign from Saran. She is seen with her supporters at various meetings and street corners. The enthusiasm of his supporters was seen to be very high in his election campaign which started a week ago. He was welcomed in Saran amid rain of flowers. Singapore based Rohini Acharya is also a doctor. His rival from Saran Lok Sabha constituency is BJP’s Rajiv Pratap Rudy, who is considered a big face of his party.
Rabri Devi
Rabri Devi becoming the Chief Minister of Bihar, who had traveled from an ordinary housewife to the Chief Minister, was a mere coincidence. Due to Lalu Prasad being jailed in the fodder scam, he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar. After that she remained the Chief Minister of Bihar thrice. On 25 July 1997, he was sworn in as Chief Minister for the first time. The third term of the Chief Minister was a full term. In 2005, he had won from Raghopur assembly constituency of Vaishali district. Rabri Devi had also tried her luck in the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. Contested elections from Saran Lok Sabha seat, but he had to face defeat. The opposition has also been accusing Rabri Devi, the first woman Chief Minister of Bihar state, of not going to office and not answering questions in the Assembly during her tenure as Chief Minister. At present she is in active politics and is working for the party in the Lok Sabha elections.
Tejashwi Yadav
Tejashwi Yadav, who was a part of Delhi’s IPL team till 2012, is now carrying forward the legacy of Lalu Prasad in RJD. Despite Lalu Prasad being in active politics, Tejashwi, who has made a good image for himself as the leader of RJD, has also been the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. At present he is leading his party’s campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. In 2015, he became the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar for the first time in the Grand Alliance government. He won the election by contesting from Raghopur assembly seat. Lalu Prasad was banned from contesting elections after being convicted in the fodder scam, after which Tejashwi contested the assembly elections. However, Tejashwi was in active politics for a long time. He also used to hold political meetings in various elections along with his elder brother Tej Pratap. After Nitish’s exit from the Grand Alliance government, Tejashwi took out Jan Vishwas Yatra and held meetings in various districts of Bihar just before the Lok Sabha elections and tried to unite his supporters.
Tej Pratap Yadav
Tej Pratap Yadav, who has held the post of minister in the Grand Alliance government, is the elder son of former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi. In 2015, he was elected as MLA from Mahua assembly constituency. Matriculation pass Tej Pratap remains in the news because of his statements. He came into active politics in 2013 when his father Lalu Prasad introduced him and his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav to the public in the Grand Alliance rally held at Gandhi Maidan. However, even before that he had been attending political meetings of the party. Tej Pratap Yadav, fond of traveling, is a devotee of Shri Krishna. Many times he has been surprising his supporters by dressing up as Krishna. Tej Pratap is also fond of blogging. The statement given against PM Modi had caused a lot of controversy.
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on the issue Political expert Priyadarshi Ranjan It is said that by giving tickets to his daughters in the Lok Sabha elections, Lalu Yadav wants to keep the crown of Tejashwi and Tej intact amidst the discontentment growing within his family. In fact, as the main political successor among the 9 children of Lalu-Rabri. Tejashwi Yadav has been crowned. Tej Pratap has been kept as his backup. But there is a tussle between the other 7 children of Lalu-Rabri regarding the remaining political stake. Misa Bharti, despite being a member of Rajya Sabha, did not give up her claim from Patliputra parliamentary constituency, while her other daughter Rohini Acharya has also got Chhapra Lok Sabha ticket from RJD. Priyadarshi says that Lalu is also killing the ambitions of his daughters with one stone. Firstly, by sending their daughters to the Lok Sabha, their families are getting strengthened. On the other hand, due to the daughters being busy in Lok Sabha politics, the possibility of a regional satrap emerging from within the family to challenge Tejashwi and Tej in Bihar is also becoming dim.
On this issue Senior journalist Arun Pandey Says that the culture of Bihar has been such that people here think of establishing sons first. Politics is also no different from this. Lalu Prasad thought about the sons in his family first. After establishing his sons, he turned his attention to his daughters. While Misa Bharti has been continuously losing elections, now she has placed her bet on Rohini Acharya.
RJD is the people’s party
On this equation of Lalu family, RJD spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav said that RJD is a party of the people. Which party does not include the family? We put our family in front because this is the demand of the public. Our people want their leader to be their own. RJD has been taking this decision as per the demand of the public.
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