Lalu wants to devote time in reviving RJD

Patna: Becoming a minister in UPA Governmentis not an issue for RJD supremo Lalu Prasad as he wants todevote his time in reviving the party which was drubbed in thejust-concluded Lok Sabha elections in Bihar that facesAssembly polls next year.

"We have lent unconditional support to the Congress-ledsecular government and becoming a minister is not an issue.Now, I will go to the people in villages and devote my fulltime for the revival of my party," he said.

Prasad said: "I have weathered many political storms. Inpolitics, today's winner is tomorrow's loser. Victory anddefeat are normal happenings."

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"The RJD's defeat in the elections notwithstanding, I willensure that Bihar's interests are protected," he said, whileaddressing a rally to draw support for LJP nominee Puneet Raiin the bypoll for Fatwah assembly seat in Rural Patna.

"Today, there are only four RJD MPs in the House, but Iam sufficient enough to protect the state's interests," theformer railway minister said.

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"The poor forgot my contributions to alleviating theirsuffering during the Kosi floods. I was instrumental insending armymen for their rescue and dispatched relief-ladencargo trains free of cost," he said.

Often in politics those who do good work lose and thosewho merely brag about reaching fruits of development to thepeople win, Prasad said.

The RJD was able to bag only four seats in the recent polls,18 less than what it got in 2004 general elections.