Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, 76, was hospitalised on Wednesday after his health deteriorated while he was on his way to the Patna airport to fly to Delhi. The RJD chief, who was to board an Air India flight at 4.05 pm, has been admitted to Paras Hospital.Lalu Prasad, who is battling heart-related ailments, worsened due to a spike in blood sugar levels. The RJD chief is likely to be taken to AIIMS, Delhi, in an air ambulance later today.Last year, Lalu Prasad underwent angioplasty at Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute. In 2014, he underwent six-hour-long aortic valve replacement surgery at the same hospital. He was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi in July 2024 after his health deteriorated. In December 2022, the former Chief Minister underwent kidney transplant surgery in Singapore. His younger daughter, Rohini Acharya, donated her kidney to him.
The socialist leader, known for his quirky style and mass appeal, is serving jail sentences in a number of fodder scam cases, and is out on bail on medical grounds. The RJD supremo, his wife Rabri Devi, and son Tejashwi Yadav have also been named in the land-for-jobs case. Lalu Prasad has been accused of giving jobs in the railways during his tenure as minister in lieu of plots of land from the candidates or their relatives. He is the founder and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) a prominent political party in Bihar. He is also a former member of Parliament (MP) of the Lok Sabha[5] and Rajya Sabha. He entered politics at Patna University as a student leader and in 1977, was elected as one of the youngest member of the Lok Sabha for the Bharatiya Lok Dal of Janata Alliance. He became the chief minister of Bihar in 1990. His party came to power in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election in partnership with Nitish Kumar of JD(U). This coalition ended when Nitish resigned and RJD was ousted, becoming the opposition party. In 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, RJD remained the single largest party in Bihar, and along with JD(U) in power after JD(U) rejoined MGB in 2022, headed the government until JD(U) returned to NDA.