Varun would have been jailed if I were home minister: Lalu

May 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday welcomed the revocation of National Security Act (NSA) charges against Varun Gandhi and termed the move as a 'rebuff to those who tried to implicate him'. 'It is a big rebuff to those who played vendetta politics and vote bank politics.

April 11th, 2009 PATNA - A petition has been filed against Railway Minister Lalu Prasad in the high court here, seeking his removal from the central ministry for his threatening remarks against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Varun Gandhi. The public interest litigation (PIL) petition was filed Friday by S.N.

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.

April 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Alleging that Railways Minister Lalu Prasad poses a threat to her son Varun Gandhi's life, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Pilbhit Maneka Gandhi Wednesday complained to the police. Her written complaint was submitted to the senior superintendent of police, Badaun district, N.

April 8th, 2009 VARANASI/ RANCHI/PATNA - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley alleged that the Election Commission practises double standards. "We expect the Election Commission not to practice double standards.

April 7th, 2009 PATNA/NEW DELHI - Railways Minister Lalu Prasad, who is the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief, faces arrest for his alleged threatening remarks against young Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi. Following the arrest order Tuesday by a Bihar district administration, Lalu Prasad said his remarks at an election rally Monday were targeted only against 'fascist forces'.

April 7th, 2009 PATNA/NEW DELHI - Railways Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, who faces arrest for his threatening remarks against young Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi at an election rally in Bihar, said Tuesday he was speaking only against 'fascist forces'. The RJD chief, in Kishanganj, 350 km from the Bihar capital, Monday said had he been the home minister he would have run a 'roller' over Varun Gandhi for his hate speeches against Muslims.

April 7th, 2009 PATNA - A case has been lodged against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for making derogatory remarks against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi. The Kishanganj District administration filed its complaint against Lalu Yadav under the People's Representation Act this morning.

April 7th, 2009 PATNA - An arrest order was issued Tuesday for Railways Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad for his disparaging remarks against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi at an election rally in Bihar. The Kishanganj district Superintendent of Police Ram Narayan Singh ordered the arrest of Lalu Prasad on the basis of a complaint filed against him at the police station in the morning, police said.

April 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded the removal of Railways Minister Lalu Prasad for his alleged threatening remarks against the party's jailed leader Varun Gandhi. BJP spokesperson Balbir Punj asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to sack Lalu Prasad from the cabinet.

April 7th, 2009 ETAH - A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tuesday said he would run a train over Railways Minister Lalu Prasad for his alleged threatening remarks against jailed politician Varun Gandhi. 'If I were a railways minister, I would have run a train over Lalu Prasad,' Ram Vilas Vedanti, a former BJP MP told reporters here after he met Varun Gandhi in Etah jail.

April 7th, 2009 PATNA - Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad was Tuesday booked for his remarks against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi at an election rally in Bihar. The Kishanganj district administration filed its complaint against Lalu Prasad at the Kishanganj police station in the morning, police said.

April 7th, 2009 PATNA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that no law permits Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to make derogatory remarks against any one. "If anyone has given a wrong statement, legal action should be taken against him.

April 6th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Monday said that had he been the country's home minister he would have run a 'roller' over Varun Gandhi for his hate speeches against Muslims and bothered about the consequences later. Speaking at an election rally in Kishanganj in Bihar, Lalu Prasad said: 'If I were the country's home minister, and if Varun had said this (inflammatory speeches), then I would have run a roller over his chest, and thought about the consequences later.' He was addresssing a rally for the RJD's Kishanganj candidate, Union Minister Taslimuddin, who is the sitting MP from the constituency.

March 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Sunday said that his party and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) would contest all seats in Bihar. "The RJD and the LJP will contest all seats in Bihar," Prasad said.