New Delhi: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad had the
entire Lok Sabha in splits today as he pleaded his case
against the Women's Reservation Bill passed by the Rajya
Sabha.
"Congress members are telling me please save us as we are
being made to sign on our death certificates by supporting
this legislation," he said while speaking briefly on the bill.
In a speech full of sarcasm, he even dubbed the bill as
an onion that will bring tears to the eyes of the members once
they peel it.
Prasad also did not spare the CPI(M) and told the Left
party's leader Basudeb Acharia that their bete noire Mamata
Banerjee had taken lead in West Bengal and even he had pinned
his hopes on her support.
He was referring to Banerjee's Trinamool Congress members
abstaining from vote on the bill when it was passed by the
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Prasad told Speaker Meira Kumar that it was not his
fashion to rush to the well and shout slogans.
"When a person does not listen, then it is necessary to
go closer to him and speak. Don't take it otherwise, madam,"
he said drawing guffaws from members.
"Jitna hi suniyega, utna hi yaha-wahan aane mein kami
hogi (the more you listen to us, the less we will march
towards the well)," he said.
-PTI
First Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 21:44