Party worker accuses Laloo of demanding money for RS nomination

The disgruntled Lamba, who was promised a Rajya Sabha ticket by Laloo, has alleged that she was denied the opportunity because she could not pay up during the recent assembly elections. Lamba alleged this was not the first time she was asked to give money but had been forced to pay in the name of party funds on earlier occasions also.

"The money I was forced to spend in the name of party elections earlier was my hard-earned money. You sent people to the Rajya Sabha who have been involved in anti-social activities," she said in the letter. She also sent copies of the letter to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Home Minister L K Advani, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Ranjan Yadav.

Lamba accused Laloo of dragging Sonia Gandhi’s name into the entire affair by saying that she had forced them to nominate anti-social elements for the Rajya Sabha. "I demand you name the persons recommended by Soniaji," she asked him in the letter.

She has also written about her humiliation on the day of filing nominations for the Rajya Sabha. "When I was in Patna, I was told by Ranjan Yadav to rush to your residence in Patna. I reached there in a hurry, not to miss the time for filing nominations. You ignored me, humiliated me and stated it was not possible as there was a lot of pressure from Soniaji for some of her candidates, whom you are going to nominate in order to form the government," Lamba said in the letter.

"Your behaviour was uncultured and dishonest. It was plain cheating," she charged.

Laloo could not be contacted at Bihar Bhavan in Delhi for his comments despite numerous attempts by this reporter to do so.