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Lalu’s daughter Rohini quits politics, severs ties with family
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
|November 16, 2025
Rohini Acharya
PATNA: A day after the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)'s debacle in the Bihar polls, party chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya on Saturday announced that she was "quitting politics" and "disowning" her family.
This story is from the November 16, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Bengaluru.
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