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Laloo Jr`s googly traps Ajmer: The Indian Express
Jaipur, Sept 27: Alighting from the Shatabdi Express in Ajmer, Tejasvi Yadav was just another schoolboy out on a trip. But within minutes of his arrival at the station, the seventh-grader made sure just about everyone knew who he was - Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi`s son.
Jaipur, Sept 27: Alighting from the Shatabdi Express in Ajmer, Tejasvi Yadav was just another schoolboy out on a trip. But within minutes of his arrival at the station, the seventh-grader made sure just about everyone knew who he was — Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi’s son.
In Ajmer to participate in the All India Public Schools cricket tournament at the Mayo College, Tejasvi bowled a googly at the administration, demanding an official vehicle to travel in. And his response when his request was denied was straight out of Hindi movies.
Reminding everyone that he was Laloo Prasad Yadav’s son, Tejasvi wanted to know what the administration would have done if his father had arrived in Ajmer instead of him!
Escorted by a couple of security guards from Delhi, Tejasvi, who captains Delhi Public School, R K Puram, was received at the station by inspector Nirmal Sharma, the SHO of the Clock Tower police station in Ajmer.
‘‘We had prior information about his arrival and since he was Mr Laloo Prasad’s son, we went to the station to receive him. We have also deployed a couple of policemen to be with the boy round-the-clock given the fact that he is the Bihar Chief Minister’s son. But when we came out of the station, he demanded an official vehicle, which I told him I could not provide,’’ says Sharma.
Tejasvi would not take no for an answer and when Sharma couldn’t ‘‘pacify the child,’’ the entire district administration was roped in. A series of phone calls were made to try and get an official vehicle for the Bihar chief minister’s son.
An exasperated administration finally had to organise a Tata Sumo for the boy, pay for it and end the drama at the Ajmer station on Wednesday.
‘‘According to our protocol rules, the boy in his capacity as the chief minister’s son is not entitled to a vehicle,’’ explains ADM (Ajmer) Nishkam Diwakar.
‘‘There was no way a vehicle could have been given. Anyway, our protocol officer has not reported the matter officially and as far as the hired vehicle is concerned, the cost will not be reimbursed by the administration.’’
While the Mayo College administration and Tejasvi could not be contacted, in an interview to a daily in Ajmer, the budding crickter was quite clear that he did not want to be a politician. ‘‘I want to be a cricketer,’’ he said and was whisked away before he was reminded about the station episode and the wicket got too sticky.
Reminding everyone that he was Laloo Prasad Yadav’s son, Tejasvi wanted to know what the administration would have done if his father had arrived in Ajmer instead of him!
Escorted by a couple of security guards from Delhi, Tejasvi, who captains Delhi Public School, R K Puram, was received at the station by inspector Nirmal Sharma, the SHO of the Clock Tower police station in Ajmer.
‘‘We had prior information about his arrival and since he was Mr Laloo Prasad’s son, we went to the station to receive him. We have also deployed a couple of policemen to be with the boy round-the-clock given the fact that he is the Bihar Chief Minister’s son. But when we came out of the station, he demanded an official vehicle, which I told him I could not provide,’’ says Sharma.
Tejasvi would not take no for an answer and when Sharma couldn’t ‘‘pacify the child,’’ the entire district administration was roped in. A series of phone calls were made to try and get an official vehicle for the Bihar chief minister’s son.
An exasperated administration finally had to organise a Tata Sumo for the boy, pay for it and end the drama at the Ajmer station on Wednesday.
‘‘According to our protocol rules, the boy in his capacity as the chief minister’s son is not entitled to a vehicle,’’ explains ADM (Ajmer) Nishkam Diwakar.
‘‘There was no way a vehicle could have been given. Anyway, our protocol officer has not reported the matter officially and as far as the hired vehicle is concerned, the cost will not be reimbursed by the administration.’’
While the Mayo College administration and Tejasvi could not be contacted, in an interview to a daily in Ajmer, the budding crickter was quite clear that he did not want to be a politician. ‘‘I want to be a cricketer,’’ he said and was whisked away before he was reminded about the station episode and the wicket got too sticky.