Senior Congress leader and former Ranchi MP, Subodh Kant Sahay on Saturday met incarcerated RJD chief Lalu Prasad undergoing treatment at the paying ward of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS).This is the first visit of any senior Congress leader to Lalu after Mahagathbandhan’s defeat in Lok Sabha elections.
Out of 54 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar and Jharkhand, the Mahagathbandhan managed to win only three seats (two in Jharkhand and one in Bihar). Sahay after meeting Lalu talking to media persons said, “I had gone to meet Lalu jee, enquiring about his health condition.
He is admitted in RIMS due to poor health conditions.” The 70 year-old former Bihar Chief Minister, Lalu had recently undergone a fistula operation at a Mumbai based hospital.
He is a heart patient with kidney ailments as well.
The Congress leader apart from enquiring the health condition of RJD Supremo also discussed about the rout of Grand Alliance in Lok Sabha elections along with discussing preparations for year-end Assembly elections.
Sahay said, “In my opinion, the Mahagathbandhan should remain intact in Assembly election too.”
The Congress leader claimed that the situation in Assembly election will be different than Lok Sabha elections as local issues will get prominence in Assembly elections.