Sushil Modi on the warpath

A resurgent Sushil Modi is taking on Lalu Prasad, but BJP is yet to put its weight behind veteran

Around noon on a hot Tuesday, Sushil Kumar Modi’s official residence on Patna’s Polo Road is filled with 50 or so people, gathered here for an audience with the Bharatiya Janata Party leader. He may be in the opposition but that doesn’t keep Modi from holding this Janata Darbar. At 1 pm sharp, Modi turns his attention to cameramen and reporters and his weekly disclosures begin.
 
For the last three months, Modi in such meetings has ranted against the alleged financial misdemeanors of one family: Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
 
It all began