Icing missing on Lalu birthday cake
The absence of the RJD chief Lalu Prasad in Patna on his 64th birthday disappointed the party activists. So did the diminishing size of the cake on the occasion over the years.Previously, cakes of all sizes and shapes used to come on the occasion. It used to be a great feast of cakes,” a party worker said, suggesting that the cake should have been at least of 64kg this time. There were others who recalled that the netas, who once thronged Lalu’s house with cakes, sweets and flowers on his birthday, have disappeared as his political fortune took a dip. “A person, who used to organise those huge theme cakes, has The absence of the RJD chief Lalu Prasad in Patna on his 64th birthday disappointed the party activists. So did the diminishing size of the cake on the occasion over the years. joined Nitish. I am sure he will bring cakes for Nitish now,” said an RJD leader. JD(U) programme at SK Memorial Hall left everyone gasping, literally. The participants, including chief minister Nitish Kumar, kept sweating throughout the entire event. Nitish was even seen using the poster of his party as a hand fan. Two fans were installed instantly behind him to enable him to deliver his speech. K Memorial Hall is the only air-conditioned uditorium in the state where over 2,000 people could be adjusted. ny politician who atters in the state has attended functions there regularly. “But nobody has made any effort to revamp the hall and ensure the air-conditioners work,” a visitor said. Every summer, visitors sweat it out in the hall managed by the district administration. .Chief minister Nitish Kumar had pursued mechanical engineering. is party leaders never lose an opportunity to advertise it. “During the past decade, it is not echanical engineering he is up to. He has been doing social engineering of Extremely Backward Castes, Mahadalits and upper castes,” a senior JD(U) leader said, pointing towards the show organised by Kushwahas at SK Memorial Hall, which was strongly in favour of Nitish and against the dissident party MP Upendra Prasad ushwaha. The JD(U) leaders said it was a good thing that Nitish did not pursue mechanical engineering. “He is more successful as a social engineer,” a senior JD(U) leader said. Several petitioners asked animal husbandry minister Giriraj Singh at his janata darbar at the state BJP office to plead their case to officers over the phone, which was out of order. The minister expressed his helplessness. A petitioner asked him to use his cellphone to communicate with an officer. “Pairvis (requests) are not done on mobiles,” the minister said, stressing that had the landline phone been in order he would have definitely called the officer. “What sort of ruling party is the BJP? It can’t even get its phone in order,” fumed a omplainant, adding that he had wasted his time in oming to the darbar.
