Congress Insulting me : Lalu

Out on a limb with just four MPs now, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad finds he is no longer the Congress' favourite ally.

Lalu is also unlikely to retain his railways portfolio. Apparently unable to take the humiliation any more, at the Cabinet meeting on Monday morning, he asked just why was the Congress is insulting him so many times.

Earlier, Lalu Prasad Yadav admitted that it was a mistake to not have allied with the Congress in Bihar.

Though he got a phone call from Congress president Sonia Gandhi, it has been apparent that he won't have such an easy time getting a Cabinet berth.

Speaking on NDTV, Digivijay Singh said that the Congress did not consider Lalu's party to be a pre-poll ally and sources say the party is not keen on offering ministries to his party at all.

On Sunday, in an apparent bid to reach out to her estranged ally, Congress president Sonia Gandhi telephoned Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and asked him to attend the Cabinet meeting scheduled for Monday.

"UPA chairperson rang up the Railway Minister on Saturday evening and requested him to attend a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Monday," his private secretary Bhola Yadav said.

He, however, did not divulge what transpired during the telephonic talk between the two leaders coming in the backdrop of severe drubbing of RJD-LJP led Fourth Front had in Bihar.