Foes aren’t friends

Lalu Prasad Yadav is very angry with cabinet colleague Ram Vilas Paswan. At his recently held Sankalp rally in Patna, Paswan did not spare Lalu, who had gone soft on Paswan a month ago at the RJD’s Chetavani rally against the Nitish Government. He had hoped that Paswan would return the compliment given that they have a common enemy in Nitish Kumar and are part of the same UPA Government. In the middle of the Winter Session, an upset Lalu summoned senior RJD leaders for a core group meeting here after hearing Paswan’s speech and sought to reassess earlier hopes of projecting a united opposition to Nitish Kumar in Bihar. Paswan, for his part, was least apologetic. When told that Lalu was angry, he remarked: “It’s but natural.”