Lalu and Nitish on Shatrughan
Celebrated Mumbai film journalist Bharathi S Pradhan, was in Patna recently, and was spotted at Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Circular Road bungalow in Patna. It lies smack opposite current CM and political partner, Nitish Kumar’s residence. Pradhan speaks of her quick trip, “Of course, I called him ‘Laluji’ while he kept addressing me as ‘Madam’. My digital tape recorder has only one interview of this kind on it — an interview in Bhojpuri/Hindi and a bit of English too. Apart from asking his staff to serve me bel-grami, a Bihari sweet, Laluji also gave me the full recipe for it in a mix of Bhojpuri and English!” But why was she there? The journo reveals, “I met Lalu Prasad Yadav to get a non-BJP perspective on controversial MP Shatrughan Sinha. I also met Nitish Kumar on this trip for the very same reason.”

Patna picture: Bharathi S Pradhan (r) with Lalu Prasad Yadav