This will be the third year in a row that Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's (pictured) family will give the traditional makar sankranti festivities a miss. The reason? Prasad had not been granted bail in the fodder scam case.


Party spokesperson Bhai Virender said RJD members would have celebrated the event with the traditional chuda-dahi meal on Monday if Prasad had got bail.


People in Bihar consume chuda-dahi or curd with flattened rice during the festival. Many RJD leaders still remember how makar sankranti had always been a big event for party workers across Bihar to pay a visit to the former Bihar chief minister at his residence. -- Business Standard


Image: Lalu Prasad Yadav celebrates Sankranti with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in 2017