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Ex-Bihar MP Sues State BJP Leader For Defamation

Hindustan Times Ranchi

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June 22, 2025

Former MP from Gopalganj in Bihar, Sadhu Yadav, has slapped a ₹5 crore defamation notice against Ranchi-based author Mrityunjay Sharma for the allegations made against him in the book titled Broken Promises and in subsequent promotional podcasts, people aware of the development said on Saturday.

- Vishal Kant

RANCHI:

Sharma, who is also an office-bearer of the Jharkhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), authored Broken Promises: Caste, Crime and Politics, which documents the socio-political and economic churning in Bihar post-Independence, including the 15-year Lalu-Rabri regime from 1990 to 2005.

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