RASHTRIYA Janata Dal ( RJD) president Lalu Prasad and Lok Janshakti Party ( LJP) supremo Ram Vilas Paswan had no love lost between them until they forged an alliance for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
They had always heaped scorn on each other in the past. Paswan had cribbed that Lalu had robbed him of the railway ministry portfolio in the outgoing UPA government through his political machinations. As a result, they did not even remain on talking terms for most part of the Manmohan Singh regime.
But all that is forgotten now. The upcoming polls have made them scratch each other’s back, showing none of the rancour that defined their relationship over the years. Today, they do not get tired of heaping praise on each other’s performance as union ministers. They appear together at most of the election rallies singing paeans to each other.
Forgetting his bitterness over the ‘ denial’ of the railway portfolio to him, Paswan now acknowledges Lalu’s contribution to the department. He recently asked the electorate of Saran constituency to vote for Lalu for the great work done by him as the railway minister.
Paswan had accompanied Lalu when the latter went to file his nomination papers from Saran on Saturday last.Lalu will surely reciprocate when Paswan files his papers from Hajipur constituency on Thursday. Paswan says that his tie- up with Lalu is for good, and not merely for the upcoming parliamentary polls. He says that their parties will not repeat the mistakes of the last Assembly elections.
No wonder, “ Lalu- Paswan bhai- bhai” is the flavour of Bihar this poll season.
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I think the two have united for a larger good of Bihar and India as a nation, Lalu yadav is has a strong vote bank and Ram Vilas Paswan has played smartly by collaborating with him....
ReplyDeleteLalu Yadav is a senior and experienced player in the game of politics and if he has supported and collaborated with ram Vilas Paswan then I am sure he is very confident of Paswan’s vote bank
ReplyDeleteBy collaborating with Lalu Yadav, Paswan Ji has made a very positive move and I am sure that he would leave no stone unturned in grabbing the best deal for his dalit brothers
ReplyDeletePolitics is just like a ping pong game, the leaders keep swinging from one corner to the other for their personal benefits and I don’t think any of these two are really looking at the larger picture
ReplyDeleteRam Vilas Paswan enjoys a scandal free image just because he thinks before he acts and I am sure this move is equally strategic in nature keeping in mind the Party’s good.
ReplyDeleteIts good to have a combination of these two, as these two belong to the countryside and know the problems faced by a common man.
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