Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Rohini Acharya , daughter of party president Lalu Prasad Yadav, on Saturday said she was quitting politics and “disowning” her family.

This came a day after the Rashtriya Janata Dal recorded its second-worst performance in the state Assembly elections, winning only 25 seats. In 2010, the party had won 22 seats.

The RJD was the single-largest party in the state in 2020 with 75 seats and a 23.5% vote share .

“I am quitting politics and I am disowning my family,” Acharya said on social media. “This is what Sanjay Yadav and Rameez had asked me to do…and I am taking all the blame.”

Sanjay Yadav is a Rajya Sabha MP from RJD and reportedly one of the trusted aides of Tejashwi Yadav, party leader who was the chief ministerial face of the Opposition Mahagathb

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