Patna: In an apparent bid to reach out to her estranged ally, Congress President Sonia Gandhi telephoned Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and asked him to attend the Cabinet meeting scheduled for Monday.
"UPA chairperson rang up the Railway Minister on Saturday evening and requested him to attend a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Monday," his private secretary Bhola Yadav said.
He, however, did not divulge what transpired during the telephonic talk between the two leaders coming in the backdrop of severe drubbing of RJD-LJP led Fourth Front had in Bihar.
A dejected Lalu, Congress' largest ally in the outgoing Lok Sabha, had admitted on Saturday that not contesting the elections in alliance with the Congress was a big mistake.
"UPA chairperson rang up the Railway Minister on Saturday evening and requested him to attend a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Monday," his private secretary Bhola Yadav said.
He, however, did not divulge what transpired during the telephonic talk between the two leaders coming in the backdrop of severe drubbing of RJD-LJP led Fourth Front had in Bihar.
A dejected Lalu, Congress' largest ally in the outgoing Lok Sabha, had admitted on Saturday that not contesting the elections in alliance with the Congress was a big mistake.
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