Launching a blistering attack against Modi and BJP, Prasad, who had arrested senior leader BJP leader L K Advani in Bihar during the Rathyatra at the peak of Ramjanmabhoomi Babari Masjid agitation, also talked about the "historic role" of RJD.
"I came to meet Sonia out of courtesy. It's a courtesy visit.... The historic role that the RJD has to play in the current situation in the country. I have come to meet in this situation. The significance of this meeting is that communal forces today want to divide the country.... BJP led by Narendra Modi wants to divide the country...If it was successful in the 2014 contest..
"It will not be allowed to succeed. These forces, Modi's BJP and RSS are involved in humiliating people in the name of democracy... You must have seen that riots took place in one of the biggest states -- UP. I saw the situation myself. The RSS, the BJP are in their greed to occupy the throne of Hastinapur(Delhi) are communalising the society. People need to be cautious of it...," the RJD chief said.
Prasad said that he had told Gandhi that he is with Congress and other secular parties like Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP and that "we will together not allow Modi's dreams to come true. So give us time... Madam said she will fix time very soon... This month."
Prasad's meeting with the Congress President is significant given the aggressive posturing by Rahul Gandhi against corruption, which had led to speculation that Congress alliance with convicted Lalu Prasad's RJD could be in jeopardy.
Prasad heaped praise on the Congress Vice President saying "Rahul Gandhi is a million times better than Narendra Modi and this candidate of AAP which you are projecting ....Whoever Congress announces (as PM candidate), we will accept," he said.
Updated on: December 31, 2013 21:18 IST
