Congress sidelining regional parties: Lalu.

: In an obvious attack on former ally the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has accused national level parties of trying to marginalise regional outfits to deny power to the deprived.

"Delhi listens only to people with power. As small and regional parties like the RJD performed badly in the last Lok Sabha polls, there is no representation of Bihar in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre," Lalu Prasad told party workers at his party's two-day national executive meet that ended here Thursday.

Lalu Prasad said that small and regional parties would join hands across India to wrest power from powerful national parties.

He said there was a nefarious design to marginalise leaders like him in Bihar, Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh and Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra.

Lalu Prasad said the UPA had a common minimum programme to follow from 2004 to 2009. But now, in its second tenure, the UPA has nothing more than a 100-day target.

"As a result, prices have touched a record high, unemployment is rising like never before, farmers have been pushed to the wall, and common people have no access to health and education," he said.

Lalu Prasad's attack comes ahead of next year's assembly polls, with political analysts saying there is little possibility of the Congress joining hands with him and his ally Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party.

Delhi listens to people in Power:Lalu.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has virtually hit out at former ally the Congress, saying national level parties were trying to marginalise regional otufits to deny power to the vulnerable and deprived sections of society.

‘Delhi listens only to people with power. As small and regional parties like the RJD performed badly in the last Lok Sabha polls, there is no representation of Bihar in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre,’ Lalu Prasad told party workers at his party’s two-day national executive meet that ended here Thursday.

Lalu Prasad said small and regional parties would join hands across India to wrest power from powerful national parties.

He said there was a nefarious design to marginalise leaders like him in Bihar, Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh and Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra.

Lalu Prasad said the UPA had a common minimum programme to follow from 2004 to 2009. But now, in its second tenure, the UPA has nothing more than a 100-day target.

‘As a result, prices have touched a record high, unemployment is rising like never before, farmers have been pushed to the wall and common people have no access to health and education,’ he said.

Lalu Prasad’s attack comes ahead of next year’s assembly polls, with political analysts saying there is little possibility of the Congress joining hands with him and his ally Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party.

Cahuhan unstable:Lalu

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday (November 6) slammed the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan for his comments against Biharis.

Reacting to his comments, Lalu said Chauhan had lost his mental balance. “Not only that, what he has said is unconstitutional,” he added, saying Indians could work in any state of the country.

Earlier, Chauhan did a Raj Thackeray when he said workers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were not welcome in his state.

Chauhan went on to say that employment is meant solely for locals and not workers from outside. “We create industries in Satna and people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh come to work here.

This will be unacceptable. We should train our own youth and give then jobs,” he said.

Now its Chauhan..

Maharashtra Navnirman Seva leader Raj Thakre the habitual critic of Biharis, will admire this. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister ShivRaj Singh Chauhan has picked a line from him.

Chauhan, a senior BJP leader, on Friday asked companies in his state to employ locals and "not Biharis".

"We will not allow that factories are opened here and the workers for it come from Bihar. We will not allow anyone to take the livelihood of our young people by giving it to others," said Chauan in Satna on Friday.

After his statement drew criticism, Chauhan said he intend to offend people.RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav refused his clarification.

"He has used bad words (against Biharis). Chauhan should apologise or we will launch an agitation," said Yadav, a former chief minister of Bihar.

Lalu to write a book.

His cronies and ardent supporters may have done it in the past: Penning quite a few of the "Lalu Chalisas" but RJD chief Lalu Prasad

himself, now wants to get into writing mode. But his book will capture more of the political events of his time when he was chief minister. His desire to write a book is, however, being ridiculed by the rival camp which is now even digging into the past to boost its attack on Lalu. The maverick Lalu declared the other day that he will write a book, recounting the events which led to the arrest of LK Advani, besides exposing those who had opposed his arrest. Lalu was Bihar chief minister when Mr Advani was arrested on October 23, 1990, in Samastipur. "It is good to hear that Laluji will be writing a book. But he should also include in the book how he "after his arrest" expressed apology to Advaniji and even explained to him the reasons behind his arrest, said JD(U) leader Nihora Prasad Yadav. Interestingly, Nihora Prasad Yadav was till recently in the RJD camp but has now switched his political loyalty to the JD(U). But his old association with Lalu did not stop him from targeting Lalu who he said had even accepted a golden crown from Independent MLA Pradip Joshi, "a politician known for Muslim bashing". Taking a jibe at Lalu, Munna Sahi of JD(U) said he was not sure whether Lalu will himself write the book or seek someone's help. "I am not sure about his literary calibre. But if he does write a book , he should also write about the kidnapping industry, which was the only industry that thrived in his regime," said Mr Sahi. Another JD(U) leader, Anil Pathak, sought to open the can of worms for Lalu and said his regime was known for scams. "The book should have a special chapter on all the scams which had become endemic of the Rabri-Lalu regime. The bitumen scam and the multi-crore fodder scam should be included in the book so that the coming generation gets to know all the Lalu regime was known for, " said Mr Pathak.

Lalu Attacks Nitish.

At the 122nd birth anniversary celebration of Bihar's first Chief Minister Sri Krishna Sinha organized by the All India Brahmarshi Samaj in Patna on Wednesday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav reiterated his assertion that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was out to grab their properties in the name of land reforms.

"After facing humiliating defeats in the last Assembly by-polls, the Chief Minister changed his tune about implementing the recommendations made in the Bandhopadhyaya Commission report. People, however, should not be misled by Nitish Kumar's tricks because his game plan is to first refuse to implement the commission's recommendations and just when you think you were safe, he would take away your land after the next state elections," the RJD leader said brimming with confidence.

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Ram Vilas Paswan who was also present on the occasion, however, came up with the strangest metaphor of the afternoon when he compared both Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav to snakes.

"While the RJD president is a snake without poison, Nitish is full of venom," Paswan said much to the shock of many RJD leaders.

Resorting to the old caste-based divide and rule tactics, Paswan said that Nitish had insulted the Bhumihars and the voters' must teach him a lesson in the next year's Assembly elections.

Former LJP leader now with Janata Dal (U), legislator Sanjay Singh shot back at both Yadav and Paswan saying the two were like chameleons who would say or do anything to come back in power.

"After years of insulting the Brahmins, Bhumihars, and Kayasthas by giving them a derogatory term like 'Bhoora Baal', Lalu is now trying to win back their support. Does he really think that the people of Bihar have forgotten everything and have forgiven him for his past sins? He will find out the answer in the next Assembly polls in Bihar," the JD-U leader said.

Singh also accused Yadav of tacitly supporting those who were involved in a number of massacres during the infamous Lalu-Rabri rule in Bihar.

"He wanted to finish the upper caste to establish his hegemony and that is why he never visited the families of the victims of Senari and Bara carnages," the JD-U leader said adding it was Lalu Prasad who single-handedly drove out upper caste people from Bihar.