The points and counterpoints made in the Assembly often leads to facts and figures unpleasant for the treasury. While Leader of the Opposition Abdul Bari Siddiqui was debating an issue on Tuesday, deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi chipped in to remind Siddiqui that RJD had only 22 MLAs. “How long will you speak with just 22 MLAs? You can speak longer in future if you have more than 22 MLAs,” Modi said. iddiqui was quick to remind Modi that chief minister Nitish Kumar had just seven MLAs in 1995 when he parted ways with Lalu Prasad and contested the polls under his newly floated Samata Party. “It is a game of changing fortunes. In 1995, Laluji had returned with a bang when he and his allies got more than two-thirds majority. Nitish failed to win then. In 2010, history repeated itself the reverse way,” said a JD (U) MLA.The RJD chief, Lalu Prasad, dislikes lights. He ordered to switch off of all lights of the stage at a function in Patna recently, making the area he was sitting comparatively dark. “It’s like his political fortune right now,” came a wise crack. Old-timers said the RJD chief always turned furious when electronic media members flashed a powerful spotlight on him. “Are you trying to blind me?” he used to say angrily. Several times the electronic media cameramen have had to shoot him without switching the light on. The suggestion of Opposition leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui that those who were responsible for the mess in AC-DC bills should be forced to lie-detection test had tongues wagging. Energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav was quick to stress that the first person who needed to undergo a lie-detection test was the RJD chief, Lalu Prasad. There are leaders in the RJD who recall that the present energy minister was once a very close confidant of Lalu Prasad. “He was virtually the Hanuman of Lalu - the main trouble shooter,” said an RJD leader. However, political pundits pointed out that many Hanumans ditched their Ram during the pan of 15 years. Shyam Rajak was also known to be a Hanuman of Lalu and is now with Nitish. Lallan Singh was also known s the Hanuman of Nitish umar only to turn into is bitter foe. “A lie-detection test on these numerous Hanumans who left heir Rams in politics ill have interesting results,” said a senior olitician. One just has to walk across the corridors of power in the secretariats to hear the new hum “upload hua (has it been uploaded)?” Even a peon will be able to tell what the fuss s all about. “One will be able to see the wealth of bara saheb (top bosses) to kirani babu (clerk) online when the hole thing is uploaded,” aid a peon at the main ecretariat. However, what the peon does not know was voiced by a Grade III employee. “The upload could lead to the download of many ersons,” he said.
Monday, 09 February 2026
