Bihar: RJD's Saran candidate Rohini Acharya slams BJP's manifesto, says "Employment issue has disappeared from it"

Speaking to ANI, Rohini Acharya, the daughter of fomer Bihar chief minister said, "They should raise the issues of the people. The issue of employment has disappeared from the BJP's manifesto. They are only targeting Lalu Prasad's family."

She alleged that the BJP government at the centre has done nothing in the past ten years to control inflation.

"BJP has done nothing to control inflation in the last 10 years. Similarly, the problem of unemployment has risen during BJP's tenure. They (BJP) had promised two crore jobs They should tell people why their poll promises in the past have not been implemented," Acharya further said.

Acharya is pitted against the sitting BJP MP and former Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy in the constituency.

Lalu Prasad Yadav has won from the constituency multiple times in the past. The former Bihar CM represented the seat until his disqualification following his conviction in a case linked to the fodder scam.

In the 2019 general elections, Rudy won the seat by over 4.99 lakh votes and a vote share of 51.29 per cent.

In 2014, he won in the Saran constituency by more than 3.55 lakh votes and a vote share of 41.12 per cent. This was a close fight as the former Union minister won against RJD's Rabri Devi by a margin of less than 50,000 votes.

The Saran seat was once a stronghold of Lalu Prasad's family. The RJD chief had won the seat first in 1977, then in 1989, 2004 and 2009.

Saran will go to the polls in the fifth phase, along with Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Purvi Champaran, and Sheohar, on May 20. (ANI)