Lalu drinks 'poison', agrees to Nitish as CM candidate

June 08, 2015 18:58

After resisting the JD-U's demand for weeks, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today agreed to naming Nitish Kumar as chief ministerial face of the 'secular alliance' for Bihar polls, saying he was ready to drink "poison" to crush the "cobra" of communalism.

"I want to assure the secular forces and the people of India that in this battle of Bihar, I am ready to gulp everything. Hum har tarah ka ghoont peene ko taiyar hain. Hum har tarah ka zehar peene ko taiyar hain. (I am ready to drink all types of poison)," said the RJD boss at a news conference where Kumar, friend-turned-foe-turned-friend, was declared the chief ministerial candidate of the RJD-JD-U alliance

"I am determined to crush the hood of this snake, this cobra of communalism," he asserted, referring to BJP, which is certain to go all out to wrest Bihar from the JD-U. Earlier, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, who is seen to have brokered the pact, said he was happy about the "unity" reached between the two Bihar satraps.

"I am very happy about the unity of Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar. Kumar will be the chief ministerial candidate for Bihar. Laluji has proposed Nitish Kumar's name for the chief ministership. Laluji said he will campaign."

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