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No Caste Bar for CM, says Lalu Prasad

  •   Wed, Nov 07 2012 04:30:30 PM

Patna, Nov 7 (IANS): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Wednesday said that chief ministership would be decided on the basis of votes polled, not on the basis of caste identity.

"I am announcing that a leader from any caste or community could become chief minister of Bihar if his party wins power," Lalu Prasad said at Katihar during his "Parivartan Yatra" (rally for change).

Lalu Prasad said the people of Bihar would elect the next chief minister, and that if the RJD returned to power, caste would not be a consideration when it came to choosing the chief minister.

Lalu Prasad also reiterated that he had never claimed in the past that no leader from the upper castes could become the chief minister of the state. Lalu dismissed such talk as "propaganda to defame".

Lalu Prasad said that youths would be given 50 percent of the tickets in the elections, including for the Lok Sabha in 2014 and the Bihar assembly in 2015.

Lalu Prasad is frequently described as a casteist leader by political rivals within the state as well as outside it.

  

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  • Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Wed, Nov 07 2012

    There may be up and downs in Shri. Lalu's Political career, but People appreciate him as DOWN TO EARTH PERSON, HUMBLE, Who turned INDIAN RAILWAYS an utter loss making Unit into PROFIT making Organization All India based so vast organization, he Computerized it. MARVELOUS JOB ! Some Politicians give big talks, doing nothing! We should salute this Wonderful seasoned secular leader.

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