RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav with former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav during a rally ‘BJP Bhagao, Desh Bachao’ at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Sunday. Photo: PTIPatna: In a display of opposition unity against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), political heavyweights including West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav shared a platform at Lalu Prasad’s mega rally on Sunday. RJD chief Lalu Prasad has already said the ‘BJP bhagao desh bachao’ rally would herald the decline of the BJP-led NDA in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The RJD chief and his wife Rabri Devi greeted Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee and their son Tejaswi Yadav touched her feet. They also showered praise on Prasad’s son and former deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav, describing him as the “future leader of Bihar.”Akhilesh Yadav, Hemant Soren, Tejaswi Yadav and Tej Pratap came together on the dais and waived at the crowd signalling unity among younger generation of the major opposition parties.

Source: Mint August 27, 2017 09:33 UTC