Rohini Acharya Yadav donated one of her kidneys to Lalu Yadav in 2022

Patna:

Party leaders close to the RJD first family said Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya donated one of her kidneys to The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch, she will enter politics and contest the Lok Sabha elections for the first time from Bihar’s Saran seat. .

If that happens, the 44-year-old will be the fourth child of Mr Yadav and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi to enter politics. Ms. Acharya’s brother Tejashwi Yadav is the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly and RJD President. Her other two siblings, Tej Pratap Yadav and Misha Bharti, are members of the Bihar Assembly and Lok Sabha respectively.

Speculations about Ms Acharya’s entry into politics began to rise following a social media post by Sunil Kumar Singh, a member of the Bihar Legislative Council who is said to be close to the Yadav family. .

“Dr Rohini Acharya epitomizes love, devotion and devotion to her father. All party workers in Saran region want her to be appointed as the Lok Sabha candidate from Saran,” Singh posted on his face yesterday The book posted. Ms Acharya also attended an RJD rally at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan earlier this month.

The Saran Lok Sabha seat is currently held by Rajiv Pratap Rudy of the BJP. Its past representative was Lalu Prasad Yadav.

Who is Rohini Acharya?

Rohini Acharya is a medical doctor with a Bachelor of Medicine in Internal Medicine. In 2002, she married software engineer Samresh Singh, a retired income tax officer and friend of Lalu Yadav Rai ·Son of Rai Ranvijay Singh. Ms Acharya and her husband have lived in Singapore and the United States for the past two decades. The couple has two sons.

Ms. Acharya, who is known to be active on social media, made headlines in 2022 when she donated one of her kidneys to an ailing RJD veteran. This selfless act has won praise from all quarters, including even the RJD’s arch-rivals Giriraj Singh and Dr. Nisikant Dubey of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Earlier in 2017, there was speculation that Ms Acharya might make her political debut with a parliamentary vote. But in the end, that didn’t happen.

Although Ms. Acharya is not politically active, she is known to make cryptic comments on major political developments. After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s recent about-face and return to the NDA, her “garbage back in the dustbin” remarks sparked a controversy. She also made several other posts in which she was seen as attacking JDU leaders, but she later deleted them. While the BJP leader later said Ms Acharya must apologize, the RJD hit back, saying she had not mentioned anyone’s name in the post.