Click to play videoNew Delhi: Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad on Friday took on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray over the Maharashtrian-north Indian issue.
Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Lalu said Raj shouldn’t be given undue importance.
“We are Indians and every Indian has the right to stay in whichever state he or she wants to. Maharashtra is my state too. Stop showing the circus of Raj Thackeray on TV and Raj will vanish(sic),” he said.
That's not all, Lalu also paid Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi a big compliment, likening him to Mahatma Gandhi.
“Rahul is like Mahatma, doing what MK Gandhi did. Coming back to India from a foreign land to help the Indian people,” he said.
He also left the audience in splits when he rooted for Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. “There are upcoming parties who do not respect the constitution of India. Sonia is the daughter-in-law of the country and we want to make Sonia the PM,” he said.
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