Pappu Yadav attacks Janata Parivar, questions expulsion from party

Ousted Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Friday questioned the friendship between Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, further attacking the Janata Parivar after his expulsion from the party.

"Mulayam ji came close to becoming the first Yadav to become the prime minister of the country but he was not given the opportunity to do so. What I want to know is that when Mulayam was not a relative, he was Lalu's enemy. Today, because he is a relative, they are now friends?" Pappu Yadav told ANI.

"Jeetan Ram Manjhi has been ousted, Pappu Yadav has been ousted. What 'parivar' is this? The world is watching and knows the truth," he added.

The RJD expelled Pappu Yadav on Thursday for six years after he backed former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. A few days ago, he was also issued a show cause notice for the same.

His attack on Lalu and Mulayam was the result of the former's daughter Raj Lakshmi's marriage to the latter's grandnephew Tej Pratap earlier this year.