No seat sharing here

Lalu Prasad Yadav might be losing his clout in Bihar, but his brother-in-law Sadhu Yadav certainly isn8217;t. And Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Minister of State for Food, learnt it the hard way the other day. It so happened that Singh had persuaded his senior minister Sharad Pawar to inaugurate a sugar mill near his constituency. As per the plan, Pawar and Singh and two RJD MPs8212;Raghunath Jha and Sitaram Singh8212;were scheduled to take a four-seater helicopter from Patna to the inauguration spot. However, at the last minute Sadhu Yadav decided to join them. He came and occupied a seat along with the other three before Pawar arrived. When Pawar turned up, he waited for someone to vacate a seat for him. The passengers looked at the gatecrasher in anticipation, but Sadhu did not budge. This left Singh with no option but to disembark. He had to wait for the chopper to return and make a second trip to the site.