Lalu loses seat 'No 1A', sleep; Nitish gets it, dozes soundly

Patna: The coming electoral battle for the 'hot (political) seat' in Bihar found a mildly acrimonious curtain raiser in an Air India New Delhi-Patna flight shared on Saturday by two estranged 'brothers' - Bade Bhai Lalu Prasad and Chhote Bhai Nitish Kumar. It was just about the No 1 seat in the Business Class (1A) on Flight IC 415. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, arriving earlier, got the seat but Lalu Prasad, who arrived later, threw a tantrum when he realised he had lost it. "From the No 1 political seat in the State to the prime seat in the aircraft, it is a fight for superiority all the way for both the incumbent Chief Minister and the rival who is now a declared candidate for the post", said a co-passenger on the flight.
The two leaders were coming back to the state capital after attending their engagements in the national capital.
Detailing the incident, another passenger on the flight said: "The incumbent ruler of the state arrived six minutes before the flight's departure and was seated on 1A. The rival claimant to the seat walked in five minutes later and immediately frowned at not being allotted seat 1A. It was as if 1A seat would catapult him to the same position in Bihar politics."
That was not all. Lalu, said sources, complained to flight steward about the seats allotted to him not pushing back properly.
22/08/10 Vijay Swaroop/Hindustan Times

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