My regime was not jungle raj, says Lalu

It was the rule of the poor, he says in his virtual address on RJD’s 25th foundation day

For the first time after over three-and-a-half years of incarceration, ailing Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad inaugurated the party’s 25th foundation day virtually from Delhi on Monday and asserted that “his regime was not jungle raj as is being projected by political rivals”. In his nearly 30-minute address to party workers and leaders, the frail looking Mr. Prasad regretted that he was unable to be physically present among them because of his ill-health. “My regime was not jungle raj as is projected by rivals. It was the rule of the poor. During the last Lok Sabha and assembly elections, I wanted to come out [of jail] but could not”, he said as party leaders, including his two legislator sons, and workers watched him on a large TV screen at the party headquarters in Patna.