145;Crestfallen146; Laloo recovers

8216;8216;I was shocked. Highly upset and crestfallen. I couldn8217;t believe Soniaji had said no to the Prime Minister8217;s post,8217;8217; were RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav8217;s when the Congress chief announced her decision. 8216;8216;All along, we have been demanding that Congress president Sonia Gandhi should head the secular government. But suddenly, when I came to know that she has declined, I was very upset,8217;8217; Yadav said. After Sonia met him on Wednesday, Yadav said he had 8220;cooled down8217;8217;.

Sonia8217;s decision sad: Lord Swraj Paul

LONDON:

Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul said on Wednesday it was sad that after winning the Lok Sabha elections, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has chosen not to take up prime ministership. 8216;8216;It is surprising and sad that after doing a tremendous job of winning the elections, she should have done it now. All I hope is that it is not the threat at all which will be a sad day for democracy because I believe that India has a matured democracy and we follow the will of the people,8217;8217; Lord Paul said in an interview to BBC Radio 4. 8212; PTI