Chirag Paswan Supports Rohini Acharya Amid Lalu Prasad Yadav Family Feud Over Alleged Mistreatment

Chirag Paswan's reaction followed an emotional outburst by Rohini Acharya.

New Delhi:

As the family of veteran politician Lalu Prasad Yadav grapples with another public dispute, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan has expressed optimism for a quick resolution. Paswan stated that he comprehends the distress of Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter, Rohini Acharya, who has accused her younger brother Tejashwi Yadav of mistreatment. He emphasized that she possesses equal rights to her maternal home as her brothers.

His comments came after Acharya's emotional series of posts on X, apparently directed at Tejashwi Yadav and his close associates - RJD's MP Sanjay Yadav and Rameez from a political family in Uttar Pradesh.

The apparent catalyst for her posts was reportedly an unpleasant confrontation with Tejashwi Yadav. Sources indicated that Yadav held his sister responsible for his party, RJD, failing in the recent Bihar assembly elections. Sources also claimed he allegedly raised a slipper at Acharya. The RJD has not yet addressed her allegations of mistreatment.

In her post, she advised all "married women" never to make a "mistake" like hers by prioritizing their maternal home over their matrimonial home, in what seemed to be criticism directed at Tejashwi Yadav.

Responding to her statement, Chirag Paswan remarked, "I don't believe in this notion that a married woman's matrimonial house is her only home. She has as much right to the house where she was born and raised as her brothers do."

"I do not support this orthodox thinking. Yesterday, when she said all this, I could understand that pain and I pray that all this gets resolved soon," he added.

In her post, 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 stated.

The 47-year-old donated her kidney to her father, Lalu Prasad Yadav, in 2022.

"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 further wrote.

Today, while speaking to the media, Acharya became emotional and clarified that she has only severed ties with her brother and that her family continues to support her.

"I have only cut ties with my brother. My family is still standing by me. They were crying when I left home," she said.

On Saturday, Rohini Acharya announced her withdrawal from politics and disassociation from her family.

In her post, she alleged that she was verbally abused and threatened with a slipper.

"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," she stated.

Acharya's other brother, Tej Pratap Yadav - who was previously expelled by his father from the RJD and family - has accused Sanjay Yadav, whom he refers to as 'Jaichand', for the problems in his father's party and family.