Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banarjee during the 'BJP bhagao, desh bachao' rally at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Sunday.(Photo: PTI)

display of opposition unity against the BJP

No "Face" will stand in front of Lalu's "Base". Come & Count as much as u can in Gandhi Maidan, Patna #DeshBachao https://t.co/sXoAcpwNKw — Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) 1503823235000

@laluprasadrjd यहां भी घोटाला कर दिया फोटोशॉप से https://t.co/ieUUD9nW5l — Naresh Jha (@NareshJha3138) 1503823461000

@laluprasadrjd @tehseenp @laluprasadrjd @tehseenp ! Use this image,i have photoshopped it much better then wht lalo… https://t.co/yEF3vgl9tZ — Piyush Singh 🇮🇳 (@singhpiyush_) 1503828394000

@laluprasadrjd Lalu ji photoshop करके खुद के पार्टी को येडा बनाये हमे नही. https://t.co/vdnaltLvnw — Pushkar Kokane (@_PushkaR_) 1503827199000

RJD's Patna rally: Picture taken from same point where Lalu Prasad Yadav's purported picture was taken; crowd sizes… https://t.co/4Qq6hbLXW9 — ANI (@ANI) 1503827236000

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Lalu Prasad Yadav tweets morphed image of RJD's anti-BJP rally in Patna

NEW DELHI: In a, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday organised a rally in Patna under the banner "BJP bhagao, desh bachao". Political heavyweights, including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and SP president Akhilesh Yadav shared a platform at Lalu's mega rally.But what is more interesting is the photo of the rally shared by the RJD chief Lalu Yadav The aerial photo showed Patna's Gandhi Maidan fully packed with RJD supporters.Twiterati were quick to point out that the photo shared by Lalu is morphed."Another scam""Better photoshop"Missing trees?News agency ANI too said that the photo shared by Lalu was "purported".Earlier, the RJD chief and his wife Rabri Devi greeted Trinamool supremo Banerjee and their son Tejaswi Yadav touched her feet.CPI's general secretary S Sudhakar Reddy and secretary D Raja were present on the dais while JMM chief and former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, and JVM president Babulal Marandi attended the rally.NCP leader and MP Tariq Anwar was also present.Prasad, his wife, sons Tejaswi and Tej Pratap Yadav, and daughter Misa Bharti, a Rajya Sabha MP were seated on the front row of the VVIP dais greeting leaders from other parties on their arrival.A large number of people have assembled at the rally.Early speakers including Raghubansh Prasad Singh, Abdul Bari Siddiwui, Shivanand Tiwari and others criticised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for breaking the 'Mahagathbandhan' the grand alliance and joining hands with the BJP to form a new government in the state.They also showered praise on Prasad's son and former deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav, describing him as the "future leader of Bihar."Akhilesh Yadav, Hemant Soren, Tejaswi Yadav and Tej Pratap came together on the dais and waved at the crowd signalling unity among younger generation of the major opposition parties.Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the rally at Gandhi Maidan, where a total of 64 CCTV cameras have been installed.