Amid family feud, Rohini Acharya challenges critics over ‘filthy kidney’ remarks; hits out at ‘Haryanvi Mahapurush’

Rohini Acharya, the second child of RJD leader Lalu Prasad, announced Saturday she was leaving politics and 'disowning' her family

RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya on Tuesday hit back at those alleging she had donated a “filthy kidney” to her ailing father, challenging her critics to an open debate on the matter.

Acharya, in a post on X, also asked these people to donate their kidneys to millions of patients needing the organ "in the name of Lalu ji".

Post RJD’s poll debacle, Acharya alleged on Sunday that she has been “abused” and accused of taking “crores of rupees and a party ticket” in return for the “filthy kidney” she donated to her ailing father.

"Those people who want to do something in the name of Lalu Ji should stop pretending to show false sympathy. They should come forward for donating their kidneys to those millions of poor people who are counting their last breaths in hospitals and need kidneys donate their kidneys in the name of Lalu Ji," Acharya said in a post on X.

The 47-year-old, who is based in Singapore, said, "Those who dare to call a married daughter who donates a kidney to her father wrong should muster the guts to have an open debate with that daughter on an open platform".

Those who call a daughter's kidney "filthy" should be the first to start the great act of donating kidneys to the needy, she said.

"The Haryanvi Mahapurush should do it, sycophant journalists should do it, and the Haryanvi devotees and troll followers who never tire of abusing me should do it," she said in the post.

The “Haryanvi” jibe was apparently aimed at her brother Tejashwi Yadav’s close aide, Sanjay Yadav.

"Those whose blood dries up at the mere mention of donating a bottle of blood, give sermons on donating kidneys?" she asked.

In her outbursts, Acharya has also targeted another close aide of her brother, Rameez, who is said to be a son-in-law of Rizwan Zaheer, a Samajwadi Party leader and a former MP from Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh.

Acharya, who had donated a kidney to Prasad a few years ago, had contested last year's Lok Sabha polls, unsuccessfully, from Saran.

Rohini Acharya, the second child of RJD leader Lalu Prasad, announced Saturday she was leaving politics and 'disowning' her family, an action taken just a day after the party suffered a major loss in the Bihar election. Her announcement immediately ignited political debate and speculation.

The RJD, which emerged as the single largest party in the 2020 Assembly polls, saw its tally collapse from 75 to 25 in the recent Bihar election—one of its most disappointing performances since 2010.