Patna: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad has said
he would reward party tickets to only those who would show
certificates for spending time in jails.
"Being in jail for sometime will be the first criteria
while deciding the candidature for the party," Prasad said
while addressing his party workers here last evening.
"One has to come up before us with a certificate from
jail authorities about the days they spent or still being in
prison for the purpose of getting the ticket," he said.
Prasad also spoke about the benefits of being in jail
saying "you will get everything from free medicines, clothes
to quilts and blankets and good beds as an advantage."
"Those who are desirous of bodyguards need not worry
after being in jails as securitymen will continue to escort
them free of cost from prisons to anywhere they go may it be
courts or hospitals," he said in a sarcastic tone.
Lalu's statement came barely a fortnight before his
party's call for state-wide bandh and fill the jail campaign.
His statement is being billed as a cleaver attempt to mobilise
workers' support for the agitation.
PTI
First Published: Monday, January 11, 2010, 14:57