'Sword today, AK-47 next?': Union minister Jitan Manjhi on Lalu Yadav's birthday celebration; says 'this is when he's not in power'
NEW DELHI: Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday took a dig at
Lalu Prasad Yadav
, saying that the RJD supremo would celebrate his future birthdays by blowing up the cake with an AK-47, if the latter's son
Tejashwi Yadav
comes to power.
Manjhi was reacting to a video of Yadav celebrating his birthday by cutting the cake with a sword. The ex-Bihar CM turned 78 on Wednesday.
"Those who divide the society will never change their ways. Today, when he (Lalu Yadav) is not in government, is cutting the cake with a sword. If by mistake his son (Tejashwi) becomes something big, then the cake will be blown up with an AK-47. Isn't it Lalu ji?," the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief posted on X, along with a clip of the ex-Bihar chief minister's birthday celebration.
Tejashwi Yadav, a former deputy chief minister of Bihar, will lead the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan against the ruling National Democratic Alliance, of which Manjhi's party is a constituent, in the assembly elections due later this year.
As RJD is the largest member of the Mahagathbandhan, the 35-year-old is likely to be the opposition coalition's chief ministerial pick if it wins the polls.
Lalu Yadav's birthday celebration
In the now-viral video, the former railway minister is seen cutting a cake with his family and RJD workers.
He celebrated the occasion at the residence of his wife and former Bihar CM, Rabri Devi.
He also cut another 78-pound cake brought by the party workers with a sword at 10 Circular Road, Rabri Devi's official residence in state capital Patna.
A large number of RJD workers gathered outside 10 Circular Road to celebrate the birthday of their party's supremo.
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