PATNA: A day ahead of his "grand" anti-BJP rally, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday appeared calm, confident and sure that hundreds of thousands would participate in the "BJP Bhagao, Desh Bachao" rally.Rebel Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav, Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee , former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav , senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will attend the rally here, a RJD leader said.Besides, Congress' C.P. "Thousands of people, my party leaders, workers, supporters and sympathizers have already started arriving in Patna with drums, traditional music groups to be part of the rally. But crowds are likely to increase by Saturday evening with RJD leaders using big and small vehicles and trains to ferry their supporters to the rally. "Lalu's party workers and supporters have literally painted Patna green," a district police official said. "Laluji is the only political force in Bihar that can challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party and counter it.

Source: Economic Times August 26, 2017 10:51 UTC