Lalu turns 60!

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New Delhi, Jun 11 (UNI) It was 60th birthday bash for Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today and the 'train' made its presence felt in a spectacular fashion at his Tughlaq Road residence.

The Tamil Nadu unit of the Rashtriya Janata Dal stumbled upon an ingenious idea to celebrate the birthday of their supremo by arranging for a cake in the shape of a train.

''We arranged a seven-feet-long, 11-kg cake in the form of a train comprising five coaches and an engine for the occasion and the RJD chief was pleasantly surprised to see it,'' Mr A P Kesavan, President of the Tamil Nadu unit of the RJD, said.

''The Railway Minister is credited with cutting the corner for Indian Railways. We thought it would be appropriate for the occasion if he cut a delectable cake in the form of a train,'' Mr Kesavan told UNI.

He said pamphlets in Hindi, highlighting the achievements of Mr Lalu Prasad as Railway Minister during the last three years, were distributed on the occasion as party activists burst crackers.

However, the fact is Mr Prasad does not know the exact date of his birth, but his supporters and well-wishers have been celebrating it on June 11. The practice has endured over the years.

On his 60th birthday, the RJD President celebrated the occasion, which began late last night, with his family members and party leaders. His wife and Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Rabri Devi and their children were also present.

RJD activists and party MPs burst crackers and organised a musical programme at the official residence of Mr Prasad. Union Minister Kanti Devi, a close aide of Mr Prasad, and several other RJD leaders, including Shyam Rajak and Abdul Bari Siddiqui, came from Patna to attend the birthday celebrations of their leader.

Mr Prasad's supporters had started gathering at his residence since midnight to wish their favourite leader. It was at stroke of midnight that he cut the special cake, signalling the beginning of the 60th year of his eventful and chequered political career.

UNI

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