RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharati on Friday rushed to Delhi to meet party general secretary Ramkripal Yadav after reports of the MP seeking an entry into the BJP started making rounds on being denied ticket for the Pataliputra parliamentary seat.
With Yadav not at his Delhi home, Misa would wait for the leader to return in a bid to pacify him, it is learnt. Misa said she had little clue that Yadav, who is a Rajya Sabha member, was interested in contesting elections from Pataliputra seat in Patna district.
Lalu Prasad had on Thursday announced Misa's name for Pataliputra parliamentary constituency which he had lost in the last polls.
Asked if she would ask her father Lalu Prasad to withdraw her candidature in favour of Yadav, Misa said "I will talk to my father only after talking to Yadav and know reasons of his annoyance."
Known as Prasad's Man, Yadav on Friday said he has not quit RJD but was sad over the party's decision.
Former Chief Minister Rabri Devi described the incident as a "fight within the family" while Prasad said he was not sure what made Yadav angry. "I don't know the reason of his anger...Whether it is over ticket or is being instigated by others to protest," Prasad said before leaving for campaigning in Chapra and Siwan.
The RJD supremo said he was confident that Yadav would not 'ruin' his life and career by leaving the party. "Two years of his term in Rajya Sabha are still left. He never staked a claim for the Pataliputra seat before me," Prasad added.
Sources said RJD Legislature party leader in Council Gulam Gaus was also angry after being denied ticket for the Bettiah seat.
Meanwhile, RJD has removed Yadav's close aide Randhir Yadav from the post of state party spokesman.
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