NDA on Wednesday boycotted Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's all-party meeting aimed at defusing the stalemate over the Opposition demand to dismiss Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Fresh elections are the only solution to the Bihar impasse, CPI National Secretary D Raja said.
'They have to be seen as being responsive to the employment woes and economic stagnation afflicting many young people.'
The railway minister admitted that it was a mistake on the part of his parents-in-law but added that it was quickly rectified as they paid the fine.
Stepping up its offensive against the United Progressive Alliance government on the "tainted" ministers issue, the National Democratic Alliance on Friday decided to boycott the presentation of Railway Budget by Lalu Prasad Yadav in Lok Sabha on Satur
Railway Minister Yadav has said that this was deduced on the basis of the blast intensity.
Yadav, who recently quit the Rashtriya Janata Dal over differences with party president Lalu Prasad Yadav, is an accused in the killing of Communist Party of India leader Ajit Sarkar.
'With vendetta politics as its main plank, the BJP will be looking out for every opportunity to destabilise this Mahagatbandhan government.'
The minister, who has won acclaim from international institutions for making the railways rake in profits, said the railway land and the space along the rail tracks could also be used for laying fibre optic cables to improve IT sector.
Bharatiya Janata Party and other National Democratic Alliance members were on their feet demanding an explanation from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the spat, which they said was "very serious".
Kumar, however, said he did not know whether 1, Anne Marg bunglow was notified as official residence of the chief minister and that the officials alone would be able to tell.
Addressing an election meeting, Dr Singh repeatedly eulogised Lalu.
On a visit to relief camps of riot victims in Muzaffarnagar, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday blamed both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Samajwadi Party for the communal violence here even as he heaped praise on Rahul Gandhi, saying Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal were nothing in front of the Congress vice-president.
The government on Thursday cleared 65-day bonus for 16 lakh Railway employees for the year 2005-06, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced in New Delhi on Thursday.
A vigilance court on Monday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Rashtriya Janata Dal member of Parliament Sadhu Yadav in a case of forgery and cheating, an off-shoot of the multi-crore Bihar flood relief scam.
Many affected kin, struggling to cope with the loss of their loved ones, have been deputed as platform porters and cleaning staff in the railways.
As Bihar awaits the results in the much-awaited polls, Rediff.com takes a look at some of those leaders who won and lost.
Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav attempted to stay clear of the letter controversy.
25 per cent of the stalls will be reserved for the under-privileged sections of the society.
"There is neither any confrontation [with Lalu] nor any understanding [for the October assembly polls]," he told reporters in New Delhi.
As per the Supreme Court order, the verdict on the petition had to be delivered before the court closes for the summer vacation from May 21.
About 1,72,689 posts related to A,B,C,D categories were lying vacant in Railways till December 31 last year, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Measures include frisking of all passengers and manual checking of their luggage.
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