No differences with Sonia, says Lalu after meetingAugust 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and dismissed reports of differences with her. "All talk of differences is wrong.
RJD will join next UPA Govt: Lalu PrasadMay 17th, 2009 PATNA - Hours later United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi called up Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad to attend the Cabinet meet, the Railways Minister said his party was ready to join the Congress-led Government at the Centre. Lalu has not been attending cabinet meetings ever since he forged an alliance with the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP).
Lalu Prasad wins one, loses anotherMay 16th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has tasted victory and defeat in the same breath Saturday - winning one Lok Sabha seat and losing another one. Lalu Prasad won the Saran seat beating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heavyweight Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
Breaking away from Congress 'biggest mistake': LaluMay 16th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday admitted that breaking away from the Congress was the 'biggest mistake' that resulted in his party's 'heavy' defeat in Bihar. 'It was the biggest mistake.
Lalu loses Pataliputra, wins Saran, admits leaving Congress was a mistakeMay 16th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday lost the polls in Pataliputra, but managed to defeat the BJP's candidate Rudy Pratap Singh at Saran. Lalu was initially trailing behind Saran in the votes tally.
No Lalu, no UPA, indicates PaswanApril 22nd, 2009 PATNA - Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan indicated Wednesday that it would rethink its relationship with the Congress if Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Lalu Prasad was not part of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). 'Jo secular forces hain usme bitterness nahin aani chahiye.
UPA does not belong to Congress alone: Lalu PrasadApril 21st, 2009 PATNA - Retracting from his stand on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said that United Progressive Alliance (UPA) does not necessarily belong to the Congress party and the coalition would meet after the completion of elections to decide their primeministerial candidate. The Railway Minister had maintained all along that Manmohan Singh is the UPA nominee for the post of Prime Minister.
Lalu is no more with us: PranabApril 21st, 2009 PATNA - Congress leader and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee indicated Tuesday that Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad was no longer an ally of the party. 'It has become difficult to keep him as an ally.
After Lalu, Paswan slams Congress partyApril 19th, 2009 PATNA - After RJD's Lalu Prasad, it was Lok Janshakti Party's Ram Vilas Paswan's turn on Sunday to criticise Congress Party. LJP chief and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said that the Congress should not have flexed muscles by fielding a candidate against him in his parliamentary constituency in Hajipur.
Congress also to blame for Babri razing: Lalu PrasadApril 18th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has declared that the Congress party too was to blame for the 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya. Lalu Prasad made the point first on Friday while addressing an election meeting in Darbhanga and repeated it to journalists here Saturday.
Lalu Prasad files nomination from PatliputraApril 17th, 2009 PATNA - Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Friday filed his nomination papers from Bihar's Patliputra constituency for the Lok Sabha polls. Lalu Prasad filed his papers at the district administration office here.
Congress fields dissident RJD candidate against LaluApril 15th, 2009 PATNA - The Congress Wednesday upped the ante and fielded against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad a dissident MP who had been campaigning for him in Bihar's Patliputra constituency just last week. Bihar Congress president Anil Kumar Sharma announced Wednesday that the party had nominated Vijay Singh Yadav as the Congress candidate in the largely rural Patliputra constituency, which will go to polls on May 7.
Mulayam, Lalu may come together, says Amar SinghMarch 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh today said that party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad may join hands, and added that the SP also wants Ram Vila Paswan to come on board. "There is likelihood of Lalu Prasad and Mulayam Singh Yadav coming together.
No change in Bihar alliance formula: LaluMarch 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Unmoved by the Congress declaring it would go it alone in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday asserted that he would stick to the alliance firmed up with the Lok Janshakti Party for the state. Hours after the Congress announced that it would fight 37 of the state's 40 seats, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said: 'We will give only three seats to the Congress and there will be no reconsideration on this.'
Yadav told reporters: 'If the Congress wants to field its candidates they can, but (Congress chief) Sonia Gandhi will realise the importance of the RJD after the elections.'
The Congress move came after the RJD and Ram Vilas Paswan of LJP earlier in the week unilaterally decided the alliance formula for Bihar, leaving just three seats for the Congress.
Lalu loyalist resigns from RJD party postsJanuary 27th, 2009 PATNA - Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) received a setback Wednesday with senior leader and national spokesperson Shayam Rajak resigning from all party posts. Party sources said Rajak, who is known to be a close confidant of Lalu Prasad, resigned from organisational posts since he was unhappy about the behaviour of some party leaders towards him.
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