Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav may be trying to enforce discipline in his ministry in a bid to assert his authority but he can hardly prevent his father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad from calling the shots.

Lalu recently called up Darbhanga civil surgeon to take steps for the reinstatement of some female health workers, who had been removed from Darbhanga Medical College Hospital a few months ago. The RJD chief called up the health officials after the Mamta workers from Darbhahga sought his intervention to solve their problems.

The Darbhanga civil surgeon is learnt to have issued a letter to the DMCH superintendent on Monday and made reference to Lalu's 'directive' while seeking their reinstatement.

The issue kicked up a storm on Tuesday with the Opposition accusing Lalu yet again of functioning as the "super chief minister" of the state. But a non-chalant Lalu brushed aside the allegations.

The RJD president admitted that he had called up the civil surgeon after four Scheduled Caste Mamta health workers had approached him complaining about their removal from DMCH. "I had called up the officials to know why they had been removed," he said.

Refusing to take cognizance of the allegation of the BJP and other Opposition parties, Lalu said thousands of people came to meet him every day to get their problems solved. "Should I drive them out (of my house?)" he asked.

Lalu's son and deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said his father, as head of the party in the government, did not do anything improper.

Tejashwi said even the senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi had recently visited the newly-built Patliputra railway station. "In which capacity did Sushil Modi visit the station? He must have gone there as the leader of the party," he said.

Meanwhile, JD (U) spokesman Neeraj Kumar said the BJP leaders themselves called up the district magistrates and SPs every now and then and were unnecessarily raising a hue and cry.

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