“How About Lalu-Ji?”: The Prime Minister’s Conversation With Tejashwi Yadav At The Caste Census Meeting.
According to sources, the delegation was surprised when Prime Minister Modi asked Tejashwi Yadav a few questions about his father before entering the meeting agenda.
As he met with a Bihar assignment including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav today over their interest for a station based statistics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got going by asking after RJD pioneer Lalu Yadav’s wellbeing.
Sources say the assignment was shocked as PM Modi asked Tejashwi Yadav a few inquiries about his dad prior to getting down to the plan of the gathering and Nitish Kumar’s show.
Lalu Yadav, 73, has been in and out of the medical clinic in light of a respiratory issue. He additionally has different infirmities including a kidney condition and heart issues.
The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJD) boss was conceded to Delhi’s AIIMS medical clinic in January while he was serving a prison term for debasement. He was delivered on bail in April. He spent quite a bit of his sentence at the prison medical clinic in Jharkhand’s Ranchi.
“How is Lalu ji,” PM Modi supposedly asked Tejashwi Yadav, who proceeded to clarify the RJD boss’ medical issues. The Prime Minister wished him a quick recuperation.
He likewise purportedly prodded previous Chief Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi about his cover and commented: “You are in a veil then, at that point how might we see your grinning face?” Nitish Kumar contributed, along these lines, “It is you who gave the order to be concealed in public…”
The delegation then asked Prime Minister Modi to make an “appropriate decision” regarding his request for a caste-based census in Bihar and nationwide. “People in Bihar and all over the country have the same views on this issue. We thank the Prime Minister for listening to our opinions. We urge him to make the right decision,” Nitish Kumar said after the meeting.
“Our delegation met with the Prime Minister today, not only to conduct a caste census in the state… but also across the country. If animals and trees can be counted, so can people… The caste census will be historic and beneficial -Bad measures,” Tejashwi Yadav said.
Yadav also pointed out that “religion” and “SC/ST” are already included in the census form, and only a column for caste needs to be inserted.
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