RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav and wife reacted bitterly to Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav's announcement to challenge Rabri Devi as an Independent in Saran even as the BJP today rubbished propping him up for political gains.

"We do not bother who is fighting from where," Lalu told reporters when asked about Sadhu Yadav's candidature.

"There will be no trace of such elements in poll at Saran. Nobody will ask about them," he said.

Rabri Devi also expressed anger against her brother Sadhu Yadav saying there could be no compromise with "dushman" (enemy). "Dushman ko nahi manayege (we will not appease enemy)...people of Saran will teach him a lesson," she said.

Tej Pratap pooh poohed the challenge posed to his mother from his maternal uncle. "He is doing this for cheap publicity...he will come last in the election at Saran," he said.

The announcement of Sadhu Yadav to enter into the fray from the Saran seat as an Independent came as a surprise. He was considered a power centre when Rabri Devi was chief minister of Bihar when Lalu Prasad was in jail in 1997 in a fodder scam case.


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