Bihar: Congress makes Lalu Prasad’s slang on Bhakta Charan Das a poll issue

PATNA: The Congress has made Lalu’s ‘Bhakchonhar’ slang for its in-charge for Bihar, Bhakta Charan Das, a poll issue in the assembly byelection in Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur.
State Congress’s former secretary Siddharth Chhatriya on Tuesday got a poster put up near the Income Tax roundabout in Patna with the message that Kusheshwar Asthan will avenge the humiliation of the Dalit community by calling Das a “Bhakchonhar”.
Interestingly, Lalu’s elder son Tej Pratap has found a space on the poster, along with Congress leaders. Tej had earlier extended support to the Congress in Kusheshwar Asthan.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar also lashed out at Lalu for using such word for Das. Meira said Lalu’s statement showed that he has not recovered fully yet and his treatment needs to continue.
State Congress spokesperson Rajesh Rathorre said Lalu used such slang as he was under pressure. “His sons are actually playing with his health and pressurizing him. While one is giving him mental pressure with his family drama, another is pushing him for campaign, knowing the fact that Lalu ji is not well,” said Rathorre.
Even in the election rallies, Congress leaders hit out at the RJD along with the JD(U). Sharing dais in one such rally, Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) chief Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav criticized the RJD for not giving Congress its share.