Vacancy no bar

RJD MP from Bettiah Raghunath Jha is tipped to get a call when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes in for a Cabinet reshuffle shortly. Some time ago, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav requested UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to accommodate Jha in the Council of Ministers. 8220;In any case, he Jha is your man after all,8221; Lalu told Sonia, recalling in a jestful mood that Jha had started his political career in the Congress8212;followed by stints in the Janata Dal, the Samajwadi Janata Party, the RJD, and the Samata Party, before returning to the RJD for the 2004 parliamentary election. Asked if the RJD8217;s quota in the Union Cabinet still remained unfilled, a senior RJD leader quipped: 8220;Who fixed this quota? Laluji ne kah diya, ho gaya.8221;