‘Felt like cutting his hand’: Misa Bharti on Ram Kripal Yadav joining BJP
Patna, Jan 19: Lalu Yadav's daughter and Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) leader Misa Bharti stirred a row after claiming that she wanted to chop off Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav's hands for joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"He
(Ram
Kripal
Yadav)
used
to
cut
the
chaff.
We
had
huge
respect
for
him.
However,
we
stopped
respecting
him
when
he
went
on
to
join
hands
with
Sushil
Kumar
Modi.
At
that
time
I
felt
like
cutting
his
hands
from
the
same
chaff
cutting
machine," Bharti
said
while
addressing
a
gathering
in
Patna's
Bikram
area
on
January
16.
Bharti
said
that
she
is
"confident
of
her
win
this
time"
as
she
didn't
get
enough
time
to
prepare
during
2014
polls.
Ram Kripal, once a close aide of Lalu Prasad. After being denied a ticket from Patliputra, he quit the party and joined BJP in 2014. He went on to contest and win the Patliputra seat in Lok Sabha election 2014, defeating Bharti.
The 61-year-old had endorsed PM Narendra Modi as "the man India is looking up to".
"I have been a dedicated worker of the RJD for years but was forced to take this step, it was painful but I had no choice," he had said at the time.
Ram Kripal started his life as a shop owner and made his move slowly by entering politics at an urban body election to become the deputy mayor of Patna. He became a member of the Bihar Legislative Council in 1992, won a by-election to the Lok Sabha in 1993.