The forensic report of Sushant Singh Rajput’s viscera will be handed over tomorrow and we shall know officially if it is a suicide or a murder. Meanwhile even as the CBI continues to investigate the case, Sushant Singh’s home state has been preparing for Assembly elections in October. At several points over the last few months, parties have been accused of using the death to sway voters and score political points. RJD MLA Arun Yadav, however, has managed to do the unthinkable, making yet another distasteful comment about the late actor, and proving once again that the tragic death is nothing but a political issue in Bihar.
“I say that he was not a Rajput,” Yadav said, when inaugurating a road in Saharsa, which happens to be his constituency for the upcoming Assembly elections. “Please don’t mind but a Rajput who belongs to Maharana Pratap’s clan cannot hang himself by a rope.” “I am pained…” he continued. “Sushant was a Rajput and should have fought instead. Rajputs first kill others before dying.” These shocking assertions drew flak from opposition parties, with the JD(U) calling Yadav’s statements “bizarre and shameful”, and a BJP spokesperson terming members of the party “habitual offenders”.
