I felt like chopping off Ram Kripal’s hands: Misa Bharti
Piyush Tripathi | TNN | Jan 20, 2019, 08:02 IST
RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s eldest daughter Misa Bharti.
PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s eldest daughter Misa Bharti has courted controversy by saying that she felt like chopping off Union minister Ram Kripal Yadav’s hands the day she saw him holding a book, ‘Lalu Leela’, which is written by deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi attacking her father, at a function in Patna.
“We had huge respect for him, but things changed the day he joined hands with Sushil Kumar Modi He used to cut the chaff. The day I saw him holding the book of Sushil Kumar Modi, I felt like chopping off his hands with the same chaff-cutting machine,” Misa said at a public meeting at Bikram on Wednesday. The matter came to light on Saturday when news channels beamed the footage of the video.
‘Lalu Leela’ was released by Modi in October in the presence of several Union ministers, including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Giriraj Singh, Radha Mohan Singh and Ram Kripal.
The BJP has condemned Misa’s statement, saying it showed the culture in the RJD and the first family of the party. “Misa’s statement is not surprising. It shows the kind of culture in which she has grown up,” BJP’s state vice-president Devesh Kumar said.
Ram Kripal was with the RJD for 17 years before joining the BJP after RJD gave ticket to Misa to contest from Pataliputra parliamentary constituency in 2014 Lok Sabha election. He won the seat on a BJP ticket, defeating Misa, who later became a Rajya Sabha member from RJD.
Pataliputra has been a high-stake seat for the RJD and Misa. This time also, Lalu’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav has projected Misa as RJD’s Pataliputra candidate.
The book mentioned by Misa was titled ‘Lalu Leela’, which highlights how the RJD chief and his family allegedly amassed properties through illegal means when they were in power. Modi had released the book in Patna in October last year in the presence of several Union ministers, such as Ravi Shankar Prasad, Giriraj Singh, Radha Mohan Singh and Ram Kripal.
The 200-page book is primarily a compilation of over 40 press conferences held by Modi from April to July last year, in which he highlighted benami deals and shell companies associated with Lalu family.
“We had huge respect for him, but things changed the day he joined hands with Sushil Kumar Modi He used to cut the chaff. The day I saw him holding the book of Sushil Kumar Modi, I felt like chopping off his hands with the same chaff-cutting machine,” Misa said at a public meeting at Bikram on Wednesday. The matter came to light on Saturday when news channels beamed the footage of the video.
‘Lalu Leela’ was released by Modi in October in the presence of several Union ministers, including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Giriraj Singh, Radha Mohan Singh and Ram Kripal.
The BJP has condemned Misa’s statement, saying it showed the culture in the RJD and the first family of the party. “Misa’s statement is not surprising. It shows the kind of culture in which she has grown up,” BJP’s state vice-president Devesh Kumar said.
Ram Kripal was with the RJD for 17 years before joining the BJP after RJD gave ticket to Misa to contest from Pataliputra parliamentary constituency in 2014 Lok Sabha election. He won the seat on a BJP ticket, defeating Misa, who later became a Rajya Sabha member from RJD.
Pataliputra has been a high-stake seat for the RJD and Misa. This time also, Lalu’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav has projected Misa as RJD’s Pataliputra candidate.
The book mentioned by Misa was titled ‘Lalu Leela’, which highlights how the RJD chief and his family allegedly amassed properties through illegal means when they were in power. Modi had released the book in Patna in October last year in the presence of several Union ministers, such as Ravi Shankar Prasad, Giriraj Singh, Radha Mohan Singh and Ram Kripal.
The 200-page book is primarily a compilation of over 40 press conferences held by Modi from April to July last year, in which he highlighted benami deals and shell companies associated with Lalu family.
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