Paswan to apprise PM of Laloo's threat

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JULY 7. The Union Communication Minister and the Lok Janshakti president, Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan, has taken serious exception to the threat held out by Rashtriya Janata Dal chief, Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav, that the Union Ministers from Bihar would now meet the same fate as their colleagues from Tamil Nadu.

Mr. Paswan said that he planned to meet the Prime Minister and apprise him of the situation. ``I have already written to the Union Home Minister and brought the issue to his notice.''

Mr. Paswan said that Mr. Yadav's threat could not be taken lightly and there was a pattern to it. ``He has been trying to finish me off for the last three years. Several attempts have been made on my life in Bihar,'' said Mr. Paswan. A signature campaign is currently under way and a delegation of his party leaders would call on the Prime Minister.

Mr. Paswan targeted the BSP leadership, his main rivals for the Dalit vote-bank in Uttar Pradesh. He accused Mr. Kanshi Ram and Ms. Mayawati of having done precious little except ``shedding crocodile tears'' for the Dalits.

Welcoming the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh's decision to earmark a sub quota for the most backward castes in the State, Mr. Paswan said his party would contest the next Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh along with the NDA.

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