Patna He wanted to play kingmaker in Bihar polls. But apparently did not know the rules well enough.
Lok Janshakti Party leader and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan is an upset man.
His party, the LJP, is currently leading in just 10 seats and has won just only one. But, despite the setback, he's still firing away at Lalu.
" Lalu is responsible for this defeat," Paswan said in a press briefing.
He also said the Congress' love for the Lalu-Rabri leadership had cost the UPA very dearly in Bihar.
Reacting to the emerging results of Bihar polls Paswan said the UPA could still have made it if the Congress was to project a Muslim as Chief Ministerial candidate at a time when the writing on the wall was very clear.
But their persistance with the Lalu-Rabri combine had harmed the coalition and the people had decisively voted against the RJD.
He said the LJP's aim was to defeat the RJD and throw out the BJP and that the LJP had succeeded in both.
"The vote gains of the Janata Dal (United) can be reversed in the next election", he claimed.
Lalu could well turn his guns on Paswan for standing between him and the Patna throne after the February elections.
In February 2005, when Lalu's RJD needed support to claim majority in the Bihar House, Paswan turned his back on him.
Since then, he has been insisting on playing the 'kingmaker' and had repeatedly told the media that only a Muslim candidate will get the Bihar throne.
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