Lalu Prasad had left Patna for Mumbai in August for a heart surgery.
Patna:
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad had never been away from Bihar for long. So when he came back to Patna today after over four months, it was a record of sorts.
Mr Prasad had gone for a valve replacement surgery in Mumbai in August. But after the surgery, he managed to pack a lot into the tour.
Between campaigning in Jharkhand and recuperating in Delhi, he managed to stitch a grand alliance with arch-rival Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and an alliance of a more personal nature - the engagement between his youngest daughter Raj Lakshmi and Mr Yadav's nephew Tej Pratap.
In Patna today, he managed to keep up the Laluisms flowing - all the way from health to politics.
He dismissed the CBI special court's order letting off BJP chief Amit Shah from trial in the fake encounter cases. "If former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha could give him a clean chit, why are you all surprised?" he asked the assembled journalists.
As for Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's hate speech that started the ruckus in Parliament in the Winter Session, he appeared to agree with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Appealing for an end to the impasse in the Parliament, the Prime Minister had said the minster should be forgiven for her "Ramzadon" comment, since she had a rural background.
"It was not her fault at all," Mr Prasad said. And then, in his inimitable style, added, "It was Modi and the RSS who had forced her to make such comments".
Regarding the grand merger between the formerly warring parties to take on the BJP, Mr Prasad said the formalities are being decided and it was up to Mulayam Singh Yadav to "work out the nitty gritty".
Told the BJP was claiming the mahagathbandhan couldn't open its account in Jharkhand, Mr Prasad thundered, "Just wait for Bihar elections, you will see what we do to them."
But apart from taking on the BJP, Mr Prasad revealed another ambition. "Once my youngest daughter's marriage is over, I will tour the nooks and corners of the state," he told the thousands of supporters who had thronged for a glimpse of him.
He also had a bit of advice for fellow blood sugar patients: "Have rotis of millet, which is found aplenty in Bihar."
Mr Prasad had gone for a valve replacement surgery in Mumbai in August. But after the surgery, he managed to pack a lot into the tour.
Between campaigning in Jharkhand and recuperating in Delhi, he managed to stitch a grand alliance with arch-rival Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and an alliance of a more personal nature - the engagement between his youngest daughter Raj Lakshmi and Mr Yadav's nephew Tej Pratap.
In Patna today, he managed to keep up the Laluisms flowing - all the way from health to politics.
He dismissed the CBI special court's order letting off BJP chief Amit Shah from trial in the fake encounter cases. "If former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha could give him a clean chit, why are you all surprised?" he asked the assembled journalists.
As for Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's hate speech that started the ruckus in Parliament in the Winter Session, he appeared to agree with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Appealing for an end to the impasse in the Parliament, the Prime Minister had said the minster should be forgiven for her "Ramzadon" comment, since she had a rural background.
"It was not her fault at all," Mr Prasad said. And then, in his inimitable style, added, "It was Modi and the RSS who had forced her to make such comments".
Regarding the grand merger between the formerly warring parties to take on the BJP, Mr Prasad said the formalities are being decided and it was up to Mulayam Singh Yadav to "work out the nitty gritty".
Told the BJP was claiming the mahagathbandhan couldn't open its account in Jharkhand, Mr Prasad thundered, "Just wait for Bihar elections, you will see what we do to them."
But apart from taking on the BJP, Mr Prasad revealed another ambition. "Once my youngest daughter's marriage is over, I will tour the nooks and corners of the state," he told the thousands of supporters who had thronged for a glimpse of him.
He also had a bit of advice for fellow blood sugar patients: "Have rotis of millet, which is found aplenty in Bihar."
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