Arvind Kejriwal following Lalu Yadav’s footsteps: BJP leader

Ravi Shankar Prasad accuses Arvind Kejriwal of following Lalu Prasad's footsteps, questions opposition leaders' motives.

Jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seems to have drawn inspiration from INDIA bloc ally Lalu Prasad who gave reins of power to his wife upon coming under the dragnet, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged on March 29.

The former Union Minister was talking to reporters in Patna, on his first visit to his home town after the party declared his candidature from Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat for a second consecutive term.

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Mr. Prasad, who held the Law and Justice portfolio in the first seven years of Narendra Modi's Prime Ministership, was asked about the Aam Aadmi Party chief's refusal to give up his post, nearly a week after being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a case of money laundering.

"These days Mr. Kejriwal's wife seems to have become quite active. She can be seen in the chair that her husband used to occupy as the Chief Minister of Delhi," Mr. Prasad said.

Notably, Mr. Kejriwal's wife, Ms. Sunita, who stayed away from politics while her husband was at the helm, has come out with a couple of impassioned video statements in the recent past.

Mr. Prasad referred to Mr. Kejriwal's association with the INDIA bloc, which has among its members the RJD president who, in 1997, got himself replaced by his wife Rabri Devi as the Bihar Chief Minister when faced with imminent arrest in a fodder scam case.