PATNA: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya’s bid to reclaim the Saran Lok Sabha seat, as soon as represented by the socialist chief, for the celebration is being challenged by a namesake of her father. Contestant Laloo Prasad Yadav, a neighborhood farmer from Bihar’s Saran district, the ‘karmabhoomi’ of his well-known namesake, has a penchant for contesting elections.
This time, he filed his nomination papers as a candidate of the Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party (RJP) for Saran Lok Sabha seat on April 26. Earlier, Laloo Prasad Yadav had filed his nominations for 2022 Presidential polls as effectively. He had additionally filed his nomination papers for the 2017 Presidential polls, which was a contest between the then Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind, who went on to win, and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, who was a local of the soil.
However, his papers bought rejected within the 2017 Presidential polls since these weren’t endorsed by an enough variety of proposers. “I have been contesting Lok Sabha polls from Saran constituency for the last several terms. I had contested against former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi as well. This time, I am contesting against her daughter Rohini Acharya,” Laloo Prasad Yadav informed PTI over the cellphone.
He additionally exuded of “winning the election by a comfortable margin”. “I engage in agriculture for a living and also do social work. I keep trying my luck, from panchayat to Presidential polls. I am leaving no stone unturned to win this election… People of Saran are with me,” Yadav mentioned.
When requested about his opponents calling him ‘dharti pakad’ (one who clings on to the earth), a time period related to those that prefer to contest polls for the sake of thrill and publicity, and ‘vote katwa’ (one who divides votes), Yadav mentioned, “I don’t care about all these labels. They are my opponents and they will say such things. I contest polls only for the sake of my electorate in Saran.” According to the affidavit filed by the RJP candidate, Yadav has Rs 5 lakh money in hand whereas his spouse has 2 lakh money. He owns movable property value Rs 17.60 lakh and his spouse owns movable property value Rs 5.20 lakh.
