Patna, June 14 :    Patna, June 14:  The infighting between two heavyweights of the Rashtriya Janata Dal has spilled onto the streets, with wrestler-turned-minister Dadan Yadav, alias Pahalwan, today leading a public demonstration against the party's national spokesperson Shivanand Tiwari. Pahalwan claimed that he had the support of RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav. This makes an encounter imminent, say party observers, and will pit Tiwari against a 'powerful family lobby of chief minister Rabri Devi and her husband'. Tiwari, popularly known as Laloo's Brahmin Baba, has accused the party chief of fuelling the feud, say sources. Even party members are surprised by Laloo's soft stand on Pahalwan. Following Ranjan Yadav's departure, Tiwari is the third most important leader in the party. Many Dal leaders, rattled by the public display of party bickering, feel the tension could be defused given a little effort from Laloo. But Laloo reportedly pretended helplessness during a recent meeting with Tiwari. The party chief's alibi was that Pahalwan could not be curbed under the Dal disciplinary committee as he was not a party member. Besides, he heads the six member Independent MLAs' club. 'What can I do about this?' Laloo is said to have reasoned with Tiwari. When the latter retorted that Pahalwan, being a minister, could be brought to book by the state, Laloo countered that with the chief minister absent, his hands were tied. He sent Tiwari away with a promise to talk informally with the junior minister. If today's street demonstration is any indication, that talk is yet to take place. While Pahalwan chose to stay silent, his followers lashed out at Tiwari, vowing to carry on the battle 'till he was removed from the party'. Some of them went so far as to challenge Tiwari to 'come and face Pahalwan on the street', perhaps emboldened by the backing from 50 other MLAs who have also resolved to oust the senior party member.