Staying at PM Residence Without Wife Is Wrong: Lalu Yadav On Marriage Advise To Rahul Gandhi

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "convenor of corrupts" and said that the grand alliance of opposition parties will get at least 300 seats in the next general elections.

Yadav was speaking to reporters at the Patna airport after arriving from Delhi, where he had gone for a medical checkup.

When asked whether his advice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to get married was in any way linked to the latter being the prime ministerial candidate, Yadav said that both are separate matters but added that "whoever becomes the PM should not be without a wife."

"Staying at the PM residence without a wife is wrong. This should be done away with," the RJD chief said.

Referring to the induction of Ajit Pawar into the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra, Yadav said that Modi is the "convenor of corrupts."

"Didn't you see he made the same person minister whom he earlier called corrupt?" he asked.

Yadav also said that he will travel to Bengaluru for the meeting of the opposition parties on July 17-18.

"I am going to Delhi for my routine medical examination, including blood tests. After that I will come back to Patna, and then go to Bangaluru for the meeting of the opposition parties, and also for preparing the ground for the ouster of the Modi government from the Centre in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls," he said.

The second meeting of the 'like-minded' opposition parties will be held in Bengaluru on July 17-18. The first meeting was held in Patna on June 23.