‘Lalu Bina Chalu…’: Lalu Yadav’s Daughter Makes ‘Coronation’ Claim With Bhojpuri Song, Tweet Goes Viral

Rohini Acharya's tweet has gone viral, garnering over 1.6 lakh views, 10,000 likes and 2,000 retweets so far.

Patna/New Delhi: Hours before Nitish Kumar once again broke away with the BJP and decided to form alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD in Bihar, the latter’s daughter Rohini Acharya made a “coronation” claim on Monday. “Prepare for the coronation, the lantern carriers are coming,” Acharya wrote on Twitter in Hindi, referring to the election symbol, lantern, of Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which is now led by his younger son Tejashwi Yadav.

Along with the post, she tweeted a Bhojpuri song: “Lalu Bin Chalu Ee Bihar Na Hoyi (Bihar can’t be run without Lalu).” Her tweet has gone viral, garnering over 1.6 lakh views, 10,000 likes and 2,000 retweets so far.

Watch the viral video clip here:

“राजतिलक की करो तैयारी आ रहे हैं , लालटेन धारी “✌️ pic.twitter.com/R0pYeaU2mN

— Rohini Acharya (@RohiniAcharya2) August 9, 2022

The song, released before the Bihar Legislative Council elections earlier this year, has been sung by popular Bhojpuri singer-actor Khesari Lal Yadav. Though made for a specific RJD candidate, it had lines praising the former chief minister and his political heir. “Tejashwi ke bina sudhaar na hoyi (There can be no progress without Tejashwi),” it said.

Tejashwi Yadav, now Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, was deputy chief minister to Nitish Kumar after the 2015 elections, when the JDU, RJD and Congress won together. Lalu Yadav’s other son Tej Pratap Yadav was a minister too. But that government fell as Nitish Kumar walked out of the “Grand Alliance” to get back with the BJP in 2017. The JDU and BJP together won the 2020 elections.

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