Patna: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Sunday opposed the Bihar government's proposal to take legal action against those holding demonstrations against the state and said the ruling JD(U) was moving towards dictatorship. "The Nitish Kumar government is moving towards dictatorship and it will soon collapse," he said. Accusing the chief minister of trying to gag people's voice, Prasad said, "Kumar is trying to enact a black law to prevent people...
01:20 AM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: With the Indian Premier League hit by controversies, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday demanded that the tournament should be closed down. "IPL should be closed," he told reporters outside Parliament House when asked to react on the spat between Shahrukh Khan and Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) officials and other controversies surrounding the game. On the Shahrukh Khan episode, he alleged that the policemen, who were present...
07:25 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad has slammed Bihar Chief Minister for his double speak after Nitsh Kumar shook hands with his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi at the NCTC meet in the national capital on Saturday. "Nitish didn't allow Narendra Modi into Bihar. Then Modi didn't allow him in Surat during Bihar Diwas. Now they are shaking hands?," Lalu said. "Kumar's secular credentials have come under scrutiny once again after...
11:10 AM, May 06, 2012
New Delhi: Parliamentarians across party lines have once again united in the face of criticism and this time it is yoga guru and anti-corruption activist Baba Ramdev who has earned their wrath for calling the members of Parliament corrupt and characterless. He had said, "There are some politicians who are good. But some others are corrupt and have no character." Reacting to the comments of Ramdev, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)...
12:16 PM, May 02, 2012
Patna: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Saturday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar are like "cousins" on communal issues. "Both Modi and Kumar are like cousin brothers in relation to communal matters," Lalu Prasad said. He made this sarcastic remark when his attention was drawn to media reports suggesting that the international Time magazine report, under compilation now, will be presenting Modi and Lalu...
11:38 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Patna: A designated CBI court on Monday began the trial in the multi-crore fodder scam against 33 accused including former Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra in Patna. As the trial began before judge BK Srivastava, CBI produced two witnesses Prithvi Raj Gaud and Mahesh Prasad who had sanctioned and issued permission letters for prosecution of some of the accused in fodder scam cases related to withdrawal of crores...
09:40 PM, Apr 02, 2012
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday criticised Army Chief General VK Singh for creating unnecessary controversy. ...
01:39 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday said that the fare hike proposed in the rail budget by Union Minister Dinesh Trivedi would be a big burden on the passengers. Dismissing the popular belief that the fare hike would bring the money needed, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader said that the step not be able to bail out the Indian Railways. When asked about Trinamool Congress...
06:36 PM, Mar 14, 2012
RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav has dismissed the talks of possible mid-term polls as speculation. ...
04:01 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: RJD MP Rajniti Prasad on Sunday rubbished BJP's allegation that Lalu Prasad had "orchestrated" his action of tearing the Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha, saying his party chief had not tutored him to do so. "Laluji had not tutored me to take any such action (tearing the Lokpal Bill)," he said. "There was no ring master behind my action...Whatever I did was an outcome of my emotional outbursts...
08:53 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Patna: BJP on Saturday charged RJD chief Lalu Prasad with playing a "villainous" role at the behest of Congress to ensure that the Lokpal Bill was not passed in the Rajya Sabha. "Laluji plays a villainous role in the script written by Congress to ensure that the Bill was not passed in the Rajya Sabha," BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad told. BJP was ready for debate on the issue even...
06:34 PM, Dec 31, 2011
I am opposed to provisions of Lokpal Bill which are against minorities, RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said. ...
08:03 PM, Dec 30, 2011
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said that the government's Lokpal Bill is an attack on the federal structure of the country. ...
04:22 PM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: Lalu Prasad was at his irrepressible best in the Lok Sabha on Thursday as he used his rustic wit and humour to send a message against rushing through the Lokpal Bill, taking potshots at Anna Hazare and his Team. "Don't put the noose around your neck," the RJD chief appealed to the packed House, saying "Parliament cannot be run from the footpath. We are the lawmakers." Prasad's poser...
11:50 PM, Dec 22, 2011
As the contentious Lokpal Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday several MPs voiced their protests on different provisions of the anti-corruption legislation. To watch what they said, hover your cursor over the image below. ...
08:17 PM, Dec 22, 2011
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