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The Morning Wrap: Daddy Lalu Wants To Shadow Minister Sons; Days After Rebuke, LK Advani Now Says 'Achhe Din' Not Far

The Morning Wrap: Daddy Lalu Wants To Shadow Minister Sons; Days After Rebuke, LK Advani Now Says 'Achhe Din' Not Far
PATNA, INDIA - NOVEMBER 20: RJD Chief Lalu Yadav with his sons Tejasvi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav after the oath ceremony at Gandhi Maidan on November 20, 2015 in Patna, India. JD-U leader Nitish Kumar, who led the Grand Alliance to victory in assembly elections, on took oath as the chief minister of Bihar at the head of a 28-member ministry of his party, RJD and Congress legislators. (Photo by AP Dube/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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PATNA, INDIA - NOVEMBER 20: RJD Chief Lalu Yadav with his sons Tejasvi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav after the oath ceremony at Gandhi Maidan on November 20, 2015 in Patna, India. JD-U leader Nitish Kumar, who led the Grand Alliance to victory in assembly elections, on took oath as the chief minister of Bihar at the head of a 28-member ministry of his party, RJD and Congress legislators. (Photo by AP Dube/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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