Patna: RJD president Lalu Prasad’s eldest daughter Misa Bharti on Thursday drew flak from the BJP-led NDA in Bihar for an uncharitable reference to the “old” age of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bharti, who’s the RJD candidate from Patliputra, made the remarks whereas canvassing within the constituency the place she attacked the NDA authorities on the Centre for bringing within the Agniveer scheme of recruitment in armed companies.
In a video clip, purportedly of Wednesday, now viral on social media, the Rajya Sabha MP could be heard as saying: “What did this government do in 10 years? It brought in Agniveer. Young people fighting for the country will be retired at the age of 22. On the other hand, we have an old Prime Minister who at the age of 75 wants a third consecutive term”.
Predictably, the BJP flew in rage and sought to remind the RJD chief that her father, too, was at a ripe age. “PM Modi is much younger than Lalu Prasad. Misa Bharti should keep this in mind and think before heaping insults in this manner,” stated BJP nationwide spokesman Syed Shahnawaz Hussain.
JD(U) chief spokesperson Neeraj Kumar, whose get together is headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and is an NDA companion, requested, “Does Misa Bharti speak of her father in a similar tone?”.
Referring to Bharti’s rival in Pataliputra, the JD(U) chief added: “She will learn her lessons. The blessings of Ram are with Ram Kripal”. Ram Kripal Yadav, a former shut aide of the RJD supremo, had joined the BJP forward of Lok Sabha polls in 2014 when he defeated Bharti and was rewarded with a berth within the Union council of ministers.
Five years later, Bharti suffered defeat by the hands of her father’s disgruntled shut aide for a second time. Covering areas of rural Patna, Patliputra, the place voting is scheduled within the remaining section, is about to witness yet one more straight contest between Bharti and Yadav.
