New Delhi, July 14 :Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has an additional responsibility - to round up jailed MPs -- in order to ensure the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) wins the crucial floor test on July 22.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has two members -- Mohammed Shahabuddin (Siwan) and Rajesh Ranjan popularly known as Pappu Yadav (Madhepura) - who have been convicted for serious criminal offence, are lodged in jail.
In the presidential election that took place last July, Pappu Yadav was brought to Parliament House to vote after taking a special permission from the court.
With each vote being crucial, the RJD has to bring in these two 'jailbirds' too.
This time also, the party is not taking any chances.
Lalu Prasad has given instructions that nobody should take a chance for the trust vote, crucial for his own continuance. Besides, his party is in no mood to face the election, which will be a natural outcome of the UPA's failure to win the majority in the July 22 voting.
The RJD has 24 MPs in the Lok Sabha.
(IANS)
