BJP Uses Lalu Yadav’s Halloween Video to Revive Kumbh Remark in Bihar Poll Push

Overview

• Rohini Acharya shared videos on X of Lalu Prasad Yadav celebrating Halloween with his grandchildren, captioned “Happy Halloween to everyone.”
• The visuals show the RJD chief laughing, taking photos and handing out chocolates as the children appear in costumes.
• BJP accounts, including the BJP Kisan Morcha, pointed to Yadav’s earlier line calling the Maha Kumbh “useless” and framed Halloween as a foreign festival.
• Lalu’s February remark on the Maha Kumbh drew backlash at the time, and Bihar BJP spokesperson Manoj Sharma called it proof of the RJD’s “politics of appeasement.”
• The row surfaces days before Bihar votes on November 6 and 11, with counting scheduled for November 14.