File photo of Lalu Prasad Yadav
Amid reports of some RJD and JD(U) lawmakers grabbing official bungalows of their choice, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav today denounced such behaviour and reminded them of the "great responsibility on their shoulders to honour the huge mandate."
"Why is there a scramble for the legislators' residences? Everybody will get their house in accordance with the rule," the RJD chief told a party meeting.
"World will be watching us ... We have to understand the responsibility endowed on us by the great voters."
People have given us massive mandate and we have to fulfil the commitment of service to the voters at all costs," Mr Yadav, who was flanked by deputy chief minister son Tejaswi Yadav and other senior RJD leaders, said.
According to media reports, many newly elected RJD and "Janata Dal (United) lawmakers had "claimed" bungalows of their choice even without any allotment.
The reports named RJD lawmaker Arun Kumar Yadav and Anil Kumar Yadav and JD(U)'s RN Singh who had allegedly removed the nameplates of the occupants of the bungalows and put up their own to claim their chosen houses.
Mr Yadav recounted his own experience of staying on for four months in the same peon's quarter in Veterinary college that he inhabited then even after becoming Bihar chief minister in 1990.
"I even held 'Janata Darbar' there during that period," he added.