'Do you have the courage to give a bottle of blood?': Rohini Acharya to journalist on kidney row

In a heated phone call with a journalist, Rohini Acharya, daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, questioned why her brother did not donate a kidney to their father. In the conversation, she is heard asking, 'beta Gaye nahi diya' ('The son didn't give'). The confrontation followed a viral video where the journalist advised that a married daughter should not stay at her parents' house for long. India Today's Rohit Singh reported this was the trigger for the phone call. Acharya, who donated her kidney to her father in 2022, also challenged the journalist, asking, 'Do you have the courage to give a bottle of blood?'. The incident brings the ongoing family tensions into the public domain, highlighting sensitivities around her kidney donation and traditional family roles.