PATNA: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Monday underwent a successful kidney transplant surgery in Singapore. Both Lalu and his daughter Rohini Acharya, who has donated one of her kidneys to her father, were shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after the transplant.
Lalu's younger son and deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, in a social media post, wrote that the father-daughter duo was fine after the surgery.
In a five-second video posted on social media by Lalu's eldest daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti, the 74-year-old could be seen waving his hands. "It is our father's liveliness and your prayers that he is recovering fast even after such a major surgery. He knows that you all are praying for him and this is working like a medicine for him. Grateful to all," Misa tweeted while addressing Lalu's supporters and party workers.
Tejashwi also kept updating people about his father's health. "After successful kidney transplant, papa has been shifted to the ICU from operation theatre. Donor and elder sister Rohini Acharya is also fine," he posted on a social media platform.
Meanwhile, many prayed for Lalu's successful surgery by organising havans and offering prayers at temples and mazaars.
Lalu's eldest son and RJD MLA Tej Pratap organised "mahamrityunjay" and "rudrabhishek" at his Patna residence to pray for his father's successful surgery. Tej RJD MLC Qari Sohaib and others could be seen doing "chadarposhi" at a mazaar.
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