Lalu Prasad Yadav

Lalu Prasad Yadav (Devanagari:लालू ?????? य़ादव) (earlier spelt by media as Laloo Prasad Yadav1) (officially born on 1947-06-112) is the president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party of India. He is often referred to as Lalu. As of September 2005, he is the Minister for Railways in the Manmohan Singh government. Formerly, he was also the Chief Minister of Bihar.

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Lalu is one of the most controversial figures in India. Some consider him as the messiah of the poor and downtrodden, while many others consider him one of the most corrupt politicians of India. Lalu is often ridiculed and parodied for his rustic and somewhat comic mannerisms. Lalu is the most parodied politicians in India. Many parody artists mimic his rustic Bihari accent.

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Devanagari: Devanagari (; , Devan?gar?), also called Nagari (N?gar?, the name of its parent writing system), is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal. It is written from left to right, lacks distinct letter cases, and is recognizable by a distinctive horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that l...

Rashtriya Janata Dal: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD- translated in English would mean "National People's Party") is a political party in India. It is led by Laloo Prasad Yadav. It held power in the Indian state of Bihar, under the Chief Ministers Laloo Yadav and then Rabri Devi, who is also Laloo's wife, but after the e...

India: The Republic of India is a country in South Asia which comprises most of the Indian subcontinent. India has a coastline which stretches over seven thousand kilometres, and shares its borders with Pakistan to the west, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, and Bangladesh...