RJD family rift: Rohini accuses kin of abuse and forcing her out

Following the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) poll drubbing in Bihar, turmoil has erupted within the family of party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

His daughter Rohini Acharya, who on Saturday announced that she was quitting active politics and severing all ties with her family, alleged today that she was abused, humiliated in front of her parents, and forced out of her maternal home.

In two social media posts made within an hour, Rohini wrote: “Yesterday, a daughter, a sister, a married woman, a mother was humiliated with filthy abuses, and someone even picked up a slipper to hit me. I did not compromise on my self-respect, I did not surrender the truth, and only because of this I had to endure this humiliation.”

Without naming anyone, she said a daughter was forced to leave behind her crying parents and sisters. “I was made to give up my maternal home... I was made an orphan.”