Like father, like son goes the age-old adage. And Tej Pratap, the son of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, seems to be following it. hen Tej went to BN College on Tuesday, a beggar came to him and asked for money. He asked one of his friends to give her Rs 20. His friend did so unwillingly. When Tej was asked about the poor condition of the college and the fact that there was only one teacher in his department, he said: 'Nothing to worry, I have come here. Everything will be fine. I may even start taking classes myself.' When Laluji was the chief minister, he never carried money. 'When anybody asked for money, he would ask one of his ministers to pay. The ministers followed his instruction unwillingly. Laluji never lacked confidence either and always declared that everything would be all right. Of course, that did not mean everything would be fine,' said a leader of the RJD, wondering if Tej was a better choice for politics than Tejaswi, the cricketer son who campaigned for the RJD during the last Assembly polls. The verbal jibes between parliamentary affairs minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav and Leader of the Opposition Abdul Bari Siddiqui seems to be an unending saga. On Tuesday, they challenged each other's wisdom. Yadav declared that Siddiqui was opposing every government step just for the sake of 'opposition'. In response, Siddiqui questioned Yadav's knowledge about parliamentary democracy. Pointing out that the duo lived nearby, chief minister Nitish Kumar said: 'The two appear to hold a meeting in the morning and decide who will speak what against each other.' Yadav was once a senior minister in the Lalu regime and his personal relationship with the ministers then continues to be excellent. The RJD leaders are trying to find an excuse to leave the party. Lalu Prasad's criticism of Baba Ramdev came in handy for an MLC and former MLA to quit the party and join the JD(U). Former MLC Ramji Prasad Sharma left the party citing no RJD leader visited him when he was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi with a broken arm. 'I was admitted to the hospital for months but not a single big leader of the party bothered to see me. I am hurt,' he wrote to the state party chief Ram Chandra Purbey. Sharma said he was quitting because of the pressure of his caste on him for the insult. He also declared that the RJD had become 'outdated' in 'changing Bihar'. 'Well, the last two words leave no doubt which party Sharma would join,' a senior leader said. India. The canteen in the Assembly serves dosas in the second-half. A large number of legislators can be seen in the lobby eating dosas since the second-half when the debates are on in the House. The rush for dosa is understandable because they are priced at Rs 3 each. The rush of MLAs, journalists and the Assembly employees compel the canteen workers to put their hands up after dishing out dosas just for an hour.
Sunday, 21 December 2025
