He continues to regale the audience, telling them how people are amazed at the magic he has worked with the Indian Railways. "I have spread a network of railways across the country for the benefit of the people."
If Laloo can bring in some development to Revelganj, which has a crumbling market road, no degree college and a landmark municipal building in disrepair, that will bring some magic for this humble town on the Saryu river.
Yet the people who have come to hear him are thrilled. "What I like about him is that he is one of us," says Shashi Kumar Patel, a student. "I am seeing him for the first time and will vote for him," adds Sushil Kumar, a disabled boy who had waited three-and-a-half hours to see the minister.
Clearly, Laloo Yadav does not disappoint them.
Image: A dozen minutes of rhetoric, delivered in Laloo-speak.
Also see: 'Laluji and I never go to see a film' | India Votes 2009
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