Lok Sabha elections: Tejashwi's 'good health' wish to Nitish's 'baal baccha' jibe

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday took a swipe at his rival RJD president Lalu Prasad for promoting his sons and daughters in politics.

Kumar questioned, "Itna zyada paida karna chahiye kisi ko baal baccha (Does anybody beget so many children?)", clearly alluding to Prasad's nine offspring, and remarked, "First sons were promoted and now is the turn of daughters," in light of Misa Bharti and Rohini Acharya, elder sisters of Tejashwi Yadav, and former minister Tej Pratap Yadav contesting the Lok Sabha polls.

Reacting to Kumar's remark, Tejashwi Yadav said, "I said this yesterday as well, we have all respect for Nitish Kumar. Whatever he says for our family, we see it as a blessing but these are personal things and won't be benefitting the people. Now, the situation is that 4-5 people have hijacked him (Nitish Kumar) and when the time comes and I'll write a book, I'll explain all these things. It's not the first time that he has said this, he said this in the 2020 elections as well. I can only pray that his health remains good and he lives happily...It's not in our culture that we say something to someone who is a father figure to us."

Notably, Kumar dumped RJD and the INDIA bloc ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

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