Sadhu Yadav to contest sister Rabri at Saran
In a surprising turn of events, RJD President Lalu Prasad's brother-in-law Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav has decided to contest election from Saran against his sister Rabri Devi.
He announced his candidature as an Independent against the former chief minister of the state.
"I will fight Saran Lok Sabha election as an Independent," Yadav told. Yadav had a considerable influence on the government matters and decision during her regime. When asked about the reason behind his decision to fight poll, he said " I will reveal everything in front of public during election." When queried if it was not a surprising decision to have political battle within the family, Yadav said "siyashat me sab chalta hai (everything is possible in politics)."
The announcement of Sadhu Yadav to enter into fray from Saran could spell trouble for Rabri Devi who is in the fray from the seat to hold the seat from where her husband Lalu Prasad entered into electoral politics winning Parliamentary election for the first time in 1977 and where he was disqualified recently after conviction in a fodder scam case. Rabri Devi is already facing stiff challenge from senior BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy on the seat that would go to poll in the fifth phase on May 7.Sadhu Yadav, the controversial brother-in-law of Lalu Prasad, called the shot during RJD rule in Bihar for 15 years from 1990 to 2005. He was considered Prasad's most trusted aide during the period.
He, however, fell out with Prasad after the RJD lost the reins of power in 2005 and later on was removed from the party in 2009 before the Parliamentary election. Yadav had unsuccessfully fought that election as Congress candidate from Bettiah.
However, earlier he also tried to get into the election foray on BJP ticket. For that, he recently met with BJP's PM candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. However, stiff opposition from the Bihar unit of the saffron party closed the doors for him. Later Congress also removed him after he met Modi at Ahmedabad.
He announced his candidature as an Independent against the former chief minister of the state.
"I will fight Saran Lok Sabha election as an Independent," Yadav told. Yadav had a considerable influence on the government matters and decision during her regime. When asked about the reason behind his decision to fight poll, he said " I will reveal everything in front of public during election." When queried if it was not a surprising decision to have political battle within the family, Yadav said "siyashat me sab chalta hai (everything is possible in politics)."
The announcement of Sadhu Yadav to enter into fray from Saran could spell trouble for Rabri Devi who is in the fray from the seat to hold the seat from where her husband Lalu Prasad entered into electoral politics winning Parliamentary election for the first time in 1977 and where he was disqualified recently after conviction in a fodder scam case. Rabri Devi is already facing stiff challenge from senior BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy on the seat that would go to poll in the fifth phase on May 7.Sadhu Yadav, the controversial brother-in-law of Lalu Prasad, called the shot during RJD rule in Bihar for 15 years from 1990 to 2005. He was considered Prasad's most trusted aide during the period.
He, however, fell out with Prasad after the RJD lost the reins of power in 2005 and later on was removed from the party in 2009 before the Parliamentary election. Yadav had unsuccessfully fought that election as Congress candidate from Bettiah.
However, earlier he also tried to get into the election foray on BJP ticket. For that, he recently met with BJP's PM candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. However, stiff opposition from the Bihar unit of the saffron party closed the doors for him. Later Congress also removed him after he met Modi at Ahmedabad.
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First Published: Mar 25 2014 | 8:20 PM IST