Lalu Yadav’s daughter Misa Bharti commented on Ram Kripal Yadav’s joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that she felt like cutting the latter’s hand. Bharti said that she felt like cutting Kripal’s hand the moment he joined BJP. She spoke at a public rally in Patna. Ram Kripal Yadav is now a union minister under BJP government and withdrew from Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) in 2014.