India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
Patna,
Feb
11:
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi’s
recent
criticism
of
dynasty
politics
evoked
a
below
the
belt
response
on
Friday
from
RJD
president
Lalu
Prasad
who
controls
the
party
with
the
help
of
his
wife
and
three
children.
The
former
Bihar
chief
minister
was
asked
about
Modi’s
remarks
criticising
dynasty
politics
in
an
interview
earlier
this
week.
The
PM
had
also
praised
Prasad’s
arch
rival
Nitish
Kumar,
the
current
chief
minister,
for
not
bringing
any
family
member
into
politics.
“Modi
never
had
any
children.
Nitish
has
a
son
who
is
averse
to
politics.
One
can
only
pray
that
they
are
blessed
with
offspring
who
can
carry
forward
their
political
legacy,”
said
the
RJD
leader,
who
has
been
known
for
pushing
the
boundaries
of
civility
in
public
discourse,
during
a
media
interaction.
Prasad
was
accompanied
by
younger
son
and
heir
apparent
Tejashwi
Yadav,
who
started
off
in
2015
as
the
deputy
to
Nitish
Kumar
when
the
arch
rivals
had
entered
into
a
short-lived
political
alliance.
Yadav
took
a
jibe
at
the
prime
minister
reminding
him
of
his
famous
acrimony
with
the
Bihar
chief
minister
that
continued
till
the
latter
returned
to
the
BJP-led
NDA
in
2017.
“Narendra
Modi
and
Nitish
Kumar
used
to
call
each
other
names.
One
would
say
BJP
stands
for
badka
jhutha
(big
liar)
party.
The
other
would
say
JD(U)
(Kumar’s
party)
stood
for
janata
ka
daman,
utpidan
(suppression
and
exploitation
of
the
masses),”
Tejashwi
Yadav
recalled.
“The
two
senior
leaders
would
do
well
to
make
up
their
mind
about
each
other,”
the
33
years
old
said,
tongue
in
cheek.
Yadav’s
mother
Rabri
Devi
had
succeeded
his
father
as
the
chief
minister
and
held
the
post
till
the
RJD’s
defeat
in
2005
at
the
hands
of
the
JD(U)-BJP
combine.
While
Yadav
is
now
the
leader
of
the
opposition
in
state
assembly,
his
elder
brother
Tej
Pratap
Yadav
is
a
second
term
RJD
MLA,
and
eldest
sister
Misa
Bharti
is
a
member
of
the
Rajya
Sabha.
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Story first published: Friday, February 11, 2022, 16:59 [IST]
