Patna: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's prized possession — a horse which responds only to English commands — finally found a new master on Sunday. The horse had a price tag of Rs 1.51 lakh.
Pawan, who was on display for the last three days at one of Asia's biggest cattle fairs in Bihar's Sonepur, was sold for Rs 1.1 lakh to a farmer, Baleshwar Rai, who lives in Raghopur Assembly constituency of Prasad's wife Rabri Devi.
"Since Rai belongs to Rabri Devi's constituency, it is expected that he will look after the horse carefully and that is the reason the horse was sold at a lower price to him," Prasad's private secretary Bhola Yadav told PTI.
Supporters of the JD (U) MLA from Mokama, Anant Singh, offered a higher price for Pawan, but Rai refused to part with the horse, he said.
Pawan, his trainer claims, "can race against a Bolero on a smooth road" but it can only follow commands in English, which put off most bidders at the auction.
Also there were no takers for Prasad's pet as it arrived at a time when most horse trades had struck deals and left the place.
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