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Lalu Prasad

Lalu meets Sonia amid Mamata’s CBI probe threat

September 19, 2009 India

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi amid reports that Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged recruitment irregularities in the ministry during his tenure.
Lalu Prasad, along with his close aide and former minister Premchand Gupta, held talks with Gandhi [...]

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Lalu Prasad wants ‘janata hotels’ for Bihar’s poor

August 20, 2009 India

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Thursday asked the Bihar government to open “janata hotels” in rural areas to provide cheap food to poor people in view of the drought.
Last week, 26 of the state’s 38 districts were declared drought-hit. Bihar has recorded a 38 percent rainfall deficit so far this monsoon season.
“The government should [...]

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No differences with Sonia, says Lalu after meeting

August 18, 2009 India

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and dismissed reports of differences with her.
“All talk of differences is wrong. When there has been no fight, where is the question of any rapprochement?” Lalu Prasad told reporters after the 30-minute meeting at Gandhi’s residence.
Maintaining that his ties with ruling United [...]

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Yadav trio has created difficulties for us, says Pawar

August 7, 2009 India

The Yadav trio – Lalu Prasad of the Rashriya Janata Dal (RJD), Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party and Sharad Yadav of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) – has created difficulties for the government, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told parliament Friday.
“Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sharad Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav are a trio. All three Yadavs [...]

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UPA 2 lacks coordination, says Lalu

August 6, 2009 India

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, a senior member of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Thursday criticised the ruling coalition and said there was no coordination among the ministers.
“I cannot see any coordination in the UPA 2. There is no coordination,” Lalu Prasad said while participating in a discussion in the [...]

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Home minister responsible if anything happens to me: Lalu

July 22, 2009 India

Reacting angrily to reports that the government proposed to curtail security cover of VVIPs, including Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the former ministers Wednesday said Home Minister P. Chindambaram “will be responsible” if anything happens to them.
“There is a threat to my life. There is a [...]

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Who took my seat? Lalu Prasad looks for space

July 11, 2009 India

Vanquished in the electoral arena of his home state Bihar, Lalu Prasad is jostling for space in the corridors of power here, while other leaders of his Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) regret having snapped ties with the Congress during the elections.
With the number of RJD MPs crashing from 24 in the 2004 elections to just [...]

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I will apologise if found guilty: Lalu

July 7, 2009 Business

Former railways minister Lalu Prasad Tuesday urged his successor Mamata Banerjee to prepare a report on his tenure within seven days and added that he was prepared to apologise to the nation if any irregularities were found.
“Within seven days, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials, railway officials and planning commission officials should be called and [...]

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Lalu Prasad against legalising gay sex

July 4, 2009 India

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday said the Delhi High Court had done a “very dangerous thing” by de-criminalising homosexuality and he would raise the matter in parliament.
“It is a very dangerous thing the Delhi High Court has said that it (homosexuality) is not a crime and the law must be amended. I [...]

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Lalu Prasad got lifetime free travel award as rail minister

June 10, 2009 India

A complimentary pass for life to travel in a first class air-conditioned coach for self and three companions. This was, perhaps, the last largesse doled out to Lalu Prasad during his final days as railways minister.
And this controversial order issued May 19, a copy of which has been obtained by IANS, has been challenged.
The largesse [...]

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