Will Jethmalani get a RS nomination from Lalu?

May 23, 2016 11:02

Former union minister Ram Jethmalani (92) has been harbouring a dream of getting elected to the Rajya Sabha next month from Bihar. The assurance was allegedly given by RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, a RJD insider tells us. Unfortunately, the former BJP MP was expelled from the party, has been admitted to the ICU of a Delhi hospital for breathlessness. Our sources tell us that Jethmalani wanted to personally go to Patna to meet Lalu Yadav.

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