Lalu admits to telephonic conversation with Shahabuddin from inside Siwan jail
The RJD chief questioned what was wrong about a criminal talking to him from inside a jail, when Nitish Kumar had spoken to Anant Singh, a criminal who was in JD(U).
In Short
- Lalu Prasad admits to having spoken with Shahbuddin from Siwan jail.
- Lalu said Nitish Kumar spoke to Anant Singh, a criminal who was in JD(U).
- A rally, Bhajpa Hatao, Desh Bachao, will be held on August 27.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday admitted that he had had a telephonic conversation with don turned politician Md. Shahabuddin when he was inside Siwan jail. Though Lalu did not elaborate over the day and time when the communication between the two took place but it was sometime around Ram Navmi festival.
"I have been accused of speaking to a criminal on phone. Questions were raised how a criminal can talk to me from inside the jail. Is there sometime wrong the talk between me and Shahabuddin? Did he say that open the gate of the jail and release me? How can Nitish Kumar talk to Anant Singh, a criminal who was in JD(U)?" defended Lalu.
The RJD chief, who was present in Siwan, the home turf of his former party MP, Shahabuddin, on the occasion of former minister Awadh Bihari Chowdhary rejoining the RJD, also took potshots at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar maintaining that all those who have gathered at the rally in Siwan were loyal and not Nitish Kumar (meaning disloyal).
"People are very angry over what Nitish has done recently. The crowd which has come at the rally today are loyal and not Nitish Kumar," said Lalu, taking a jibe at the Bihar CM.
Speaking in Siwan, Lalu said that the August 27 rally "Bhajpa Hatao, Desh Bachao" which he has convened will be a huge success and he said that he has invited all the key leaders from the opposition parties like Congress president Sonia Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati apart from other leaders to participate in the event.