Prashant Kishor rejects Lalu's claim that Nitish wanted to rejoin Mahagathbandhan as 'bogus'

Reacting to excerpts from Lalu''s memoir, Prashant Kishor said on Twitter, "

The claims made by Laluji as reported are BOGUS. This is nothing but a poor attempt seeking relevance by a leader whose best days are behind him.

Yes, we did meet many times before I joined JDU, but if I were to tell what all was discussed then he would be quite embarrassed. https://t.co/9B5clUBxea

— Prashant Kishor (@PrashantKishor) April 5, 2019

He said, " The claims made by Laluji as reported are BOGUS. This is nothing but a poor attempt seeking relevance by a leader whose best days are behind him." Accepting the fact that he had met Lalu Prasad Yadav, Kishor said, "Yes, we did meet many times before I joined JDU, but if I were to tell what all was discussed then he would be quite embarrassed."

He refused to divulge what was the purpose of his meetings with Lalu. 

Speaking to ANI, Lalu Prasad Yadav's son and senior RJD leader Tejashwi said, "I say this with full responsibility, Nitish Kumar made many attempts to get back and ally with us, he tried many different approaches, that also within 6 months of returning to NDA". 

With election fever mounting across the country, RJD boss Lalu Prasad will be spilling the beans on many inflection points in the country's political history in his upcoming memoir, the book's publishers said Thursday.
Prasad, a former union minister and Bihar chief minister, has penned the memoir with journalist-turned-teacher Nalin Verma and the memoir will release on April 6, a Rupa Publications statement said.

Titled "Gopalganj to Raisina", the book is a recollection of the journey of India's "most colourful" political leader and navigates his humble origins in Phulwaria village to his remarkable rise as the Railway Minister, it said.

The book relives the twists and turns as well as the highs and lows of his life.

"In doing so, it reveals little-known facets of many inflection points in the nation's history: the Emergency, how he got V P Singh to implement the explosive Mandal Commission recommendations, the arrest of BJP leader L K Advani during the latter's Rath Yatra, Sonia Gandhi's decision to not lead the UPA government, his acceptance of Manmohan Singh's candidature for prime minister in 2004, and his relationship with friend-turned-foe Nitish Kumar," the statement said.

The autobiography, described as a political potboiler, is most important if one has to understand the evolution of the politics of the Dalits and the marginalised, it said.