Misa Bharti’s 'Modi will be in jail' remark triggers political storms

Hitting out at RJD MP Misa Bharti over “PM Modi will be jailed if I.N.D.I.A bloc comes to power” remark, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday said that a woman who's father (Lalu Yadav) has been convicted in the fodder scam should not make such statements. BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said that her family is immersed in corruption and she needs to stop daydreaming.

When asked to comment on the BJP's "appeasement" remarks on the Congress manifesto, Misa Bharti said on Thursday that if the people of the country voted the I.N.D.I.A bloc to power, "everyone from PM Modi to BJP leaders would be imprisoned". Bharti, in response to PM Modi's continued corruption charges against her family, stated that PM Modi is ignoring nepotism in his own party while attacking others.

On RJD leader Misa Bharti's remark, Prasad said, "What has happened to Misa Bharti?...The woman who's father (Lalu Yadav) has been convicted in the fodder scam...I warn her to not make such statements...You family is immeresed in corruption...You need to stop daydreaming."