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Lalu votes for Rahul, says he's like Mahatma
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New 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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Rahul Gandhi is Mahatma,then who will be Jawaharlal Nehru ? Lalu's son Tejaswi Yadav !!
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Lalooji and his senseless talk
(1) emergency was good: midn you he is the leader who fought along side
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It is nothing but sheer sychophancy. Rahul Gandhi should be aware of such undue appreciation and should try to rise
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Sycophancy to the core..The recipients of his praise will no doubt have to spend sleepless nights for this yeoman's services.Its
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India is most unfortunate to have this kind of people rule her. Its obvious he knows neither Gandhi nor Rahul
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