BJP to complain to poll panel against Lalu

May 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday said the Congress would discuss the issue of government formation only with its pre-poll allies, of which the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is not a part. "Along with the Congress, we have the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the Trinamool Congress (TC), the National Conference (NC), Kerala Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

May 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Sunday said any decision on including Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad in the government will be taken only after discussions with its pre-poll allies. 'No discussion took place about anybody - this was not on the agenda.

May 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Saturday asked the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) to explain why its advertisement of the New Pension Scheme' had been different from the version for which the poll panel had given permission. The poll panel asked the pension authority to explain the deviation and non-compliance with the panel's order for the advertisement which appeared in the Hindu newspaper.

April 26th, 2009 PATNA - A senior leader of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Sunday said that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad would be in jail for his involvement in the multi-million rupee fodder scam if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) came to power at the centre. ''Lalu ka satta sukh ab khatam ho gaya hai, Lalu ko ab jail sukh bhogna hoga (The days of Lalu enjoying power are over, Lalu should now be ready to face the hard reality of jail),' Rajeev Ranjan alias Lalan Singh said at a election rally in Munger from where he is contesting the poll.

April 23rd, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday denied any rift with the Left parties and said that the United Progressive Front (UPA) would welcome a post-poll coalition deal with them if the alliance is not able to succeed in the elections. Talking to reporters here, Lalu said, "The doors for a post-poll alliance with the Left is still open.

April 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - A day after his spat with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Congress leader and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday sought to end the controversy by blaming his 'broken Hindi' for the 'confusion'. What he had wanted to say in Bihar's Samastipur Monday was that Lalu Prasad's party and the Congress had a pre-poll understanding in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls, the minister said.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday complained to the Election Commission against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's 'abusive' remarks about its prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani and demanded urgent and strict action against him.

April 16th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday accused his BJP rival Rajiv Pratap Rudy and the Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government in Bihar of electoral malpractice. Lalu, whose political future is to be decided by the voter turnout today, claimed that socially underprivileged sections like Dalits were not allowed to vote in his Saran (Chhapra) parliamentary constituency on Thursday, and those who attempted to do so, were attacked by upper caste voters.

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railways Minister Lalu Prasad, who was arrested and released Tuesday for unsafe helicopter landing in a school premises, told the poll panel that his pilot did not get the geographical coordinates in time. 'Lalu Prasad has filed in his reply that the information about the (geographical) coordinates (of landing spot) was not received on time so the pilot could not contact them.

April 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Monday said the replies filed by Railways Minister Lalu Prasad, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray to the panel's notices on poll code violation were not satisfactory. 'The Election Commission did not find the reply satisfactory and have conveyed its strong displeasure,' Deputy Election Commissioner R.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Thursday issued notices to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad and his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi for violating the model code of conduct. Deputy Election Commissioner J.P.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Tuesday said it was feeling hurt by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's desertion from its camp in Bihar -- all over seat-sharing. 'I do not find any explanation why Lalu Prasad could not accommodate six seats to the Congress out of 40 (in the state).

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Tuesday said it was feeling hurt by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's desertion from its camp in Bihar -- all over seat-sharing. 'I do not find any explanation why Lalu Prasad could not accommodate six seats to the Congress out of 40 (in the state).

March 28th, 2009 PATNA - Railways Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday filed his nomination papers from Saran constituency in Bihar. Soon after he filed the nomination papers, Lalu Prasad said he was confident of his victory.

March 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Sunday said that if he were the country's home minister, Varun Gandhi would have been jailed for his speeches in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit constituency. 'Had I been the home minister, I would have put Varun Gandhi behind the bars,' Lalu Prasad told reporters here.