Ravi Shankar Prasad questions Shatrughan's commitment to Cong

Union minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate Ravi Shankar Prasad Saturday questioned actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's commitment to the Congress, his new party, for favouring SP leader Akhilesh Yadav as the prime ministerial candidate.

Prasad, BJP nominee for Patna Sahib parliamentary seat, also claimed that the "opportunistic alliance" of the opposition parties in Bihar has disintegrated as RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav did not share stage with Congress president Rahul Gandhi in his rallies.

The union minister is now in direct contest with Sinha, the two-time BJP MP from Patna Sahib, who has been made a candidate by the Congress this time.

Talking to reporters, Prasad said he would not name his rival during the entire electioneering.

To a query about Sinha favouring Akhilesh Yadav as the prime ministerial candidate, Prasad said, "You better ask this question to the Patna Sahib MP. He has been an MP for 22 years. He has now gone to a new party. He should tell you what is the yardstick for commitment in the new party."