Laloo says RJD may join government

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Laloo Prasad Yadav [ Images ] late on Friday evening indicated that his party was likely to join the Congress-led government.

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"There has been some progress," he told reporters after his day-long confabulations with senior Congress leaders and Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar [ Images ].

Earlier in the day, he sent a list of demands to the Congress.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal [ Images ] described Laloo's demands as "sensitive to government formation." He, however, did not elaborate.

Laloo, who left for Patna in a huff on Thursday evening after his demand for home ministry was reportedly rejected by the Congress, met Pawar at the latter's residence in New Delhi [ Images ] this morning.

The NCP has since made it clear that it is ready to be a part of the government and has left the choice of portfolios to the prime minister-designate Manmohan Singh [ Images ].

Laloo later also met senior Congress leaders Arjun Singh [ Images ], R K Dhawan and Kapil Sibal.