Analysis | Lalu Prasad’s 30-minute address sends many messages to party leaders, workers

‘No one can dismiss him politically as long as he is alive and this always can make a difference in the State’s politics anytime,’ says an political analyst.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad might have looked frail while addressing party leaders and workers virtually on July 5 from the residence of his elder daughter Misa Bharti in Delhi, but his nearly 30-minute address sent many messages to them as they sat glued to their TV screens and mobile phones with occasional smile and pep on their faces. The ailing Mr. Prasad appeared frail and spoke sometimes with a disconnect in his voice, but his indefatigable political zeal and rustic charm pepped up the party workers to chant intermittently ‘Lalu Yadav zindabad’ at the party headquarters in Patna. “I’ll die but won’t retreat”, he said and party workers stood up to shout ‘zindabad’. He assured them that he would come to Patna soon and travel across Bihar to meet them.