Even Pappu cannot ignore RJD president Lalu Prasad if the idea is to grab Yadav eyeballs.

Along with Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, BR Ambedkar and other luminaries, Lalu Prasad features on a poster put up by Pappu Yadav across the city. However, Lalu's presence on the poster - about a programme Pappu will host at SK Memorial Hall on December 29 - surpasses others only to be seen on a par with the parliamentarian.

However, RJD leaders are keeping safe distance from the five-term MP - thrice from Purnea and twice from Madhepura - and his newly formed organisation, Yuva Shakti.

On condition of anonymity, a senior RJD leader said Pappu was playing a safe game and creating a niche among the people as being their messiah.

'He is making the investment to become the next chief minister. He is also trying to become the leader of Yadavs, who constitute 14 per cent of the total population. I am amazed that why the party leadership is not giving a serious thought on his activities. After all, it is Lalu ji who would face the heat later. Pappu is using Lalu ji'sphoto as steps to achieve his own goals because without Lalu ji, nobody would associate himself as leader of Yadav,' said the RJD Leader.

RJD secretary general Mundrika Singh Yadav said: 'He just uses Lalu ji'spicture for his own interest. So far as his programme is concerned, the party has nothing to do with it though he is an MP of our party. The party has its own youth wing, Rashtriya Janata Dal Yuva Morcha, and not Yuva Shakti.'

About any action against Pappu, Mundrika added: 'We have already passed the message to the central leadership and it is up to them to decide on this.'

On several occasions in the recent past, the RJD leadership has distanced itself from events organised by Yuva Shakti.

On December 29, Pappu has invited youths under this banner to share their problems with him so that he could raise those issues at his level.

Asked about the reason of having Lalu's picture in the Yuva Shakti banner, Pappu told The Telegraph over phone from New Delhi: 'It is my personal programme and I do not see any other leader who can fit into the poster except Lalu ji. Youths are future of his country and I want to motivate them towards politics. I have organised this programme to make them aware that how corruption is spreading its tentacles and why they must intervene to change the corrupt system.'

He is also going to provide a toll-free helpline number using which youths or people can share their problems with him and seek suggestions.

Acquitted by Patna High Court in May 2013 of the murder of the CPM legislator from Purnea, Ajit Sarkar, after conviction by lower courts, Pappu is fast emerging as a leader with different mind to lead the charge against the BJP juggernaut. Whenever any tragedy takes places in the state, he reaches the spot with monetary help before the government representative.