{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Misha Bharti | image = Misa Bharti.jpg | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term_start = 4 June 2024 | predecessor = Ram Kripal Yadav | constituency = Pataliputra | office1 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | term_start1 = 8 July 2016 | term_end1 = 3 June 2024 | predecessor1 = Pavan Kumar Varma | successor = | constituency1 = Bihar | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|05|22}} | birth_place = Patna, Bihar, India | party = Rashtriya Janata Dal | spouse = {{Marriage|Shailesh Kumar|1999}} | relations = Tejashwi Yadav (brother) <br> Tej Pratap Yadav (brother) <br> Sadhu Yadav (uncle) <br> Subhash Prasad Yadav (uncle) <br> Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (brother-in-law) <br> | children = 3 (2 daughters and 1 son) | father = Lalu Prasad | mother = Rabri Devi | alma_mater = Patna Medical College and Hospital | occupation = Politician | education = M.B.B.S}}
'''Misa Bharti'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-profile/eyJpdiI6IjBxMWZkaTNkKytLZitnb2J0RjVua3c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoieEpSOWUyS250dXVLUmxzeTJmc0plZz09IiwibWFjIjoiZTA1ODBkN2Y5YzVjMDU3ZDczN2VhZmMzYmNiYmQxNTlhY2RlMWQ2ZjBhODI4NWExNmQxYWZhYzIyYjVlNTEzOSIsInRhZyI6IiJ9/eyJpdiI|title=Loksabha 2024 Affidavit|access-date=6 January 2025|website=Election Commission of India – Affidavit Portal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/candidates/LokSabha2024/misha-bharti-9528/|title=Misha Bharti - The Hindu|access-date=6 January 2025|website=The Hindu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105200831/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/candidates/LokSabha2024/misha-bharti-9528/|archive-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> (born 22 May 1976) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar and the daughter of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/piyush-goyal-chidambaram-suresh-prabhu-sharad-yadav-elected-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/52572237.cms |title=Piyush Goyal, Chidambaram, Suresh Prabhu, Sharad Yadav elected to Rajya Sabha |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=3 June 2016 }}</ref> In June 2016, she was the party's nominee for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections and was elected unopposed along with Ram Jethmalani from Bihar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sharad Yadav, Ram Jethmalani, Misa Bharti Elected To Rajya Sabha From Bihar |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sharad-yadav-ram-jethmalani-misa-bharti-elected-to-rajya-sabha-from-bihar-1415220 |access-date=5 June 2024|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> She is currently serving as the Member of Parliament from Patliputra.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: RJD Candidate From Patliputra, Misa Bharti Wins Against BJP's Ram Kripal Yadav|url=https://news.abplive.com/videos/news/india-lok-sabha-election-result-2024-rjd-candidate-from-patliputra-misa-bharti-wins-against-bjp-s-ram-kripal-yadav-abp-news-1693300 |access-date=5 June 2024|website=ABP Live |date=4 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Misha Bharti was born in 1976 to two former Chief Ministers of Bihar, Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi. Lalu named his daughter Misa after the Misa Act, due to which he was in prison during the Emergency when she was born.<ref>{{cite news|author=Rajat Maurya|title=Misa Bharti Name History: मीसा भारती का नाम 'मीसा' कैसे पड़ा? जेपी नड्डा बोले- जब Lalu Yadav जेल में थे...|url= https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-misa-bharti-name-history-jp-nadda-targets-lalu-yadav-and-congress-bihar-politics-23703807.html|work= Dainik Jagran |date= 24 April 2024|access-date= 6 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623120427/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-misa-bharti-name-history-jp-nadda-targets-lalu-yadav-and-congress-bihar-politics-23703807.html|archive-date=23 June 2024}}</ref> She is the eldest of her parents' nine children (7 daughters and 2 sons).<ref name=nie>{{cite news|author= Anand ST Das |title= Tej, Tejashwi and Misa: Here's all you need to know about Lalu's children |url= https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jul/11/tej-tejashwi-and-misa-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-lalus-children-1627350.html |work= The New Indian Express |date= 11 July 2017 |access-date= 15 June 2019 }}</ref>
Misha joined the MBBS course in MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur in 1993 on a TISCO quota, a privilege linked to her father's political influence, despite her lacking any ties to the company. She was later shifted to Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) citing security reasons. Misha is alleged to have topped the MBBS exams in gynecology at PMCH through visibly unlawful means.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/misa-classmates-shrug-off-marks-annual-ritual/cid/908615|title=MISA CLASSMATES SHRUG OFF MARKS ANNUAL RITUAL|date=7 December 1999|publisher=The Telegraph|language=En|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115050217/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/misa-classmates-shrug-off-marks-annual-ritual/cid/908615|archive-date=15 January 2023|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/misha-pal-in-jdu-may-fight-tej-in-polls/articleshow/64835911.cms|title=Misha pal in JD(U), may fight Tej in polls|newspaper=The Times of India |date=3 July 2018 |access-date=2018-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909131330/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/misha-pal-in-jdu-may-fight-tej-in-polls/articleshow/64835911.cms|archive-date=2018-09-09|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19980427-now-laloo-yadav-secures-mbbs-seat-for-his-second-daughter-through-backdoor-826271-1998-04-27|title=Now, Laloo Yadav secures MBBS seat for his second daughter through backdoor|date=27 April 1998|access-date=20 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703221400/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19980427-now-laloo-yadav-secures-mbbs-seat-for-his-second-daughter-through-backdoor-826271-1998-04-27|archive-date=2018-07-03|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=rediff/><ref name=rumbling>{{cite news| url= https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/misa-rumblings-in-lalu-paradise/cid/1328615 |title= Misa rumblings in Lalu paradise |work= The Telegraph |date= 21 November 2015 |accessdate= 18 June 2019 }}</ref> She never practiced as a doctor, citing her commitment to marriage and managing the household as her reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.profileage.com/profile/misa-bharti/|title=Misa Bharti Age, Wiki and Bio|access-date=6 January 2025|website=ProfileAge|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105224456/https://www.profileage.com/profile/misa-bharti/|archive-date=5 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Malay Ojha| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/misa-bharti-gears-up-to-take-on-her-uncles-in-pataliputra-185483-2014-03-19 |title= Misa Bharti gears up to take on her uncles in Pataliputra|work=India Today|date= 9 April 2014 |accessdate=6 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829065725/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/misa-bharti-gears-up-to-take-on-her-uncles-in-pataliputra-185483-2014-03-19|archive-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== Misha Bharti married Shailesh Kumar, a computer engineer, on 10 December 1999.<ref name=rediff>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/dec/07bihar1.htm|title=A marriage made in 1, Anne Marg|access-date=2018-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703220540/http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/dec/07bihar1.htm|archive-date=2018-07-03|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple has three children, two daughters and one son.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160909/jsp/frontpage/story_107144.jsp|title=Another double for grandfather Lalu|access-date=2018-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704005521/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160909/jsp/frontpage/story_107144.jsp|archive-date=2018-07-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Political career== Misha Bharti contested 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Pataliputra on a Rashtriya Janata Dal ticket. She lost to Ram Kripal Yadav, former most trusted man of Lalu Prasad. In June 2016, she was the party's nominee for the Rajya Sabha elections and was elected unopposed along with Ram Jethmalani from Bihar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/P-Chidambaram-Suresh-Prabhu-get-straight-road-to-RS-polls-hot-up-in-five-states/2016/06/04/article3465745.ece|title=P Chidambaram, Suresh Prabhu get straight road to RS, polls hot up in five states|accessdate=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629132209/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/P-Chidambaram-Suresh-Prabhu-get-straight-road-to-RS-polls-hot-up-in-five-states/2016/06/04/article3465745.ece|archive-date=29 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> She again contested 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Pataliputra losing to BJP's Ram Kripal Yadav.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/lok-sabha-elections-2019-misa-bharti-vs-ram-kripal-yadav-in-patliputra/cid/1690829 |title= Lok Sabha elections 2019: Misa Bharti vs Ram Kripal Yadav in Pataliputra |work=The Telegraph |date= 23 May 2019 |accessdate= 18 June 2019 }}</ref><ref name=rumbling/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.news18.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/bihar/patliputra-election-result-s04p31/ |title= Patliputra |work= News 18 |accessdate= 18 June 2019 }}</ref> In Lok Sabha Election 2024, Lalu Prasad's daughter Misha Bharti won from the Patliputra seat by 85,174 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |title=In Lok Sabha election 2024, Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti won from the Patliputra seat by 88 thousand votes. |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/election/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-pataliputra-constituency-result-2024 |access-date=27 June 2024 |work=Prabhat Khabar}}</ref><ref name="Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls">{{cite news|last1=The Economic Times|title=Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|accessdate=27 July 2024|date=6 June 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727153249/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|archivedate=27 July 2024}}</ref><ref name="Inheritors {{!}} Next-gen netas2">{{cite news |date=13 July 2024 |title=Inheritors {{!}} Next-gen netas |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-inheritors-next-gen-netas-2565854-2024-07-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325141549/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-inheritors-next-gen-netas-2565854-2024-07-13 |archivedate=25 March 2025 |accessdate=25 March 2025 |publisher=India Today |language=en}}</ref> ==Criminal cases== She was involved in the "land-for-jobs" scam, where it was charged that land was taken from people as a bribe in return for railway jobs when Lalu Prasad Yadav was the Railway Minister (2004–2009).<ref>{{cite web|title='Land for jobs scam': Rabri Devi, Misha Bharti asked to be present before PMLA court|website=The Economic Times|date=2024-01-30|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/land-for-jobs-scam-rabri-devi-misha-bharti-asked-to-be-present-before-pmla-court/articleshow/107247454.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2025-05-26}}</ref> The Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet against her, her mother Rabri Devi, her sister Hema Yadav, and two companies, AK Infosystems and AB Exports for money laundering related to this case. A Delhi court accepted the chargesheet and called all of them to appear in court.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Land-for-Jobs case: Lalu's wife, daughters appear before Rouse Avenue Court|website=Business Standard|date=2024-02-09|url=https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/land-for-jobs-case-lalu-s-wife-daughters-appear-before-rouse-avenue-court-124020900325_1.html|access-date=2025-05-26}}</ref>
An FIR had been filed against Misa, Tejashwi, and others for allegedly offering a Lok Sabha ticket in 2019 in return for Rs 5 crore, based on a complaint by Congress leader Sanjiv Kumar Singh in the Patna CJM court on August 18, 2021. He further alleged that he received death threats after protesting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-04 |title=FIR against Tejashwi Yadav, Misa Bharti, Bihar Congress chief in cash for Lok Sabha ticket case - India News |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bihar-fir-rjd-tejashwi-yadav-misa-bharti-congress-madan-mohan-jha-lok-sabha-ticket-1855902-2021-09-22 |access-date=2025-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004073951/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bihar-fir-rjd-tejashwi-yadav-misa-bharti-congress-madan-mohan-jha-lok-sabha-ticket-1855902-2021-09-22 |archive-date=4 October 2021 }}</ref> Her sister-in-law, Aishwarya Rai, who is also the wife of Tej Pratap Yadav, accused Misa to Mahila Police of assaulting her, stealing her jewellery, and creating a rift between her and her in-laws.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-01 |title=Lalu Prasad's daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai accuses Misa Bharati of creating rift between Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/not-given-food-lalu-prasads-daughter-in-law-accuses-family-of-ill-treatment/article29554714.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001205519/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/not-given-food-lalu-prasads-daughter-in-law-accuses-family-of-ill-treatment/article29554714.ece |archive-date=1 October 2023 |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=IANS |date=2019-09-30 |title='Misa tortured me, didn't allow me to enter kitchen': Lalu Yadav's daughter-in-law |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/misa-tortured-didnt-allow-enter-kitchen-lalus-daughter-in-law-1502805188.html |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=The Statesman |language=en}}</ref>
==Controversies== On March 3, 2015, she claimed to have given a lecture at the India Conference at Harvard University, but this was later debunked by the university, which revealed that she had only purchased a ticket to attend as an audience member.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 March 2015 |title=Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti red-faced as Harvard University denies her lecture claim |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lalu-prasads-daughter-misa-bharti-red-faced-as-harvard-university-denies-her-lecture-claim/articleshow/46522845.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611120542/https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lalu-prasads-daughter-misa-bharti-red-faced-as-harvard-university-denies-her-lecture-claim/articleshow/46522845.cms |archive-date=11 June 2023 |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=The Economic Times |quote=''Harvard vishwavidyalaya mein yuvaaon ki bhagidaari ko lekar vyaakhyaan dete huey'' (At Harvard university giving a presentation on the role of youth)}}</ref>
===Statements=== Before the Loksabha election of 2019, Misa expressed in a public gathering that she felt like using a sickle to cut off Ram Kripal Yadav's hands when he had switched his loyalty<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p7mWPjwj3Y&feature=youtu.be |title=Misa Bharti on RJD Leader-Turned-Rebel Ram Yadav: 'Felt Like Cutting His Hands' |date=2019-01-18 |last=The Quint |access-date=2025-01-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Quint |first=The |title=RJD leader Misa Bharti stirred the hornet's nest with her comments at a rally that she felt like chopping the hands of loyalist-turned-rebel Ram Kripal Yadav |website=TheQuint |date=19 January 2019 |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/felt-like-cutting-his-hands-misa-bharti-on-ram-yadav-joining-bjp#read-more |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720124644/https://www.thequint.com/news/india/felt-like-cutting-his-hands-misa-bharti-on-ram-yadav-joining-bjp#read-more |archive-date=20 July 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
Before the Loksabha election of 2024, Misa questioned the need to visit the newly consecrated Ram Mandir.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-06 |title=RJD signalling strategy shift vis-a-vis Ram Mandir? Party's Misa Bharti says 'will visit after polls' |website=ThePrint |url=https://theprint.in/politics/rjd-signalling-strategy-shift-vis-a-vis-ram-mandir-partys-misa-bharti-says-will-visit-after-polls/2034998/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106111746/https://theprint.in/politics/rjd-signalling-strategy-shift-vis-a-vis-ram-mandir-partys-misa-bharti-says-will-visit-after-polls/2034998/ |archive-date=6 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSwO3pI82Ks&feature=youtu.be |title=Misa Bharti News: 'राम मंदिर जाने की जरुरत नहीं...'- Misa Bharti {{!}} R Bharat |date=2024-04-13 |last=Republic Bharat |access-date=2025-01-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Just a couple of days later, Misa said that if I.N.D.I.A Bloc is granted a chance to rule by the People, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with all the BJP leaders, will be in jail.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://youtube.com/shorts/N3oBMVSe8bU|title=Lalu Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti threatens to put PM Modi in jail if elected to power|date=11 April 2024|type=Video|publisher=Zee Business|language=Hi|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BJP shreds Lalu's daughter Misa Bharti over her remarks against Prime Minister Modi|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-shreds-lalus-daughter-misa-bharti-over-her-remarks-against-prime-minister-modi/articleshow/109220930.cms|work= The Times of India |date= 11 April 2024|access-date=6 January 2025|quote=If the people of this country give INDIA bloc a chance to form the government, PM Modi and many BJP leaders will be in jail.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423144435/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-shreds-lalus-daughter-misa-bharti-over-her-remarks-against-prime-minister-modi/articleshow/109220930.cms|archive-date=23 April 2024}}</ref> A few days later, she again attacked him referring to him as ''“ये बूढ़ा प्रधानमन्त्री“'' (this aged Prime Minister).<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://youtube.com/shorts/NBegbaAmbBU|title=Misa Bharti Budha Pradhanmanti Remark on Narendra Modi|date=2 May 2024|type=Video|language=Hi|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=अग्निवीर चार साल में रिटायर लेकिन बूढ़े को चाहिए तीसरा मौका; मीसा भारती का नरेंद्र मोदी पर हमला|url= https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/story-lalu-yadav-daughter-misa-bharti-gave-controversial-statement-on-pm-said-old-prime-minister-is-asking-for-chance-for-third-time-9900636.html|work= हिन्दुस्तान|date= 2 May 2024|access-date=6 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503094833/https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/story-lalu-yadav-daughter-misa-bharti-gave-controversial-statement-on-pm-said-old-prime-minister-is-asking-for-chance-for-third-time-9900636.html|archive-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> A month later, her rival in the constituency, Ram Kripal Yadav, was shot at. He claimed that the attackers were members of her party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=बिहार: बीजेपी प्रत्याशी रामकृपाल यादव पर फायरिंग, एक समर्थक को गोली लगने की खबर |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/patna/firing-on-bjp-candidate-ram-kripal-yadav-from-patliputra-constituency-exit-polllatestnews/articleshow/110625977.cms |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Rashtriya Janata Dal}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bharti, Misa}} Category:Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians Category:Rajya Sabha members from Bihar Category:Living people Category:Women in Bihar politics Category:Yadav family (Bihar) Category:1976 births Category:21st-century Indian women politicians Category:Women members of the Rajya Sabha Category:United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Category:India MPs 2024–2029 Category:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election