‘Tell you have corona and abstain’: Lalu on phone call to NDA MLA ahead of Speaker’s election

Ahead of Speaker’s election in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, the ruling NDA has alleged that RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is trying to poach the MLAs in a bid to topple the Nitish Kumar government. An audiotape of Lalu has emerged wherein he could be heard speaking to the ruling alliance’s MLA Lalan Paswan. Lalu asks him to abstain from the House during the Speaker’s election.