The Janata Dal, which has more leaders than followers, contested just a handful of seats in last week's assembly elections but its leaders were not in demand.The party's lone sitting MLA in Delhi, Shoaib Iqbal from the Old Delhi constituency, wanted only Ram Vilas Paswan and H.D. Deve Gowda to address his election meetings as both are crowd-pullers in the Muslim-majority area. Feeling left out, party President Sharad Yadav demanded a meeting be organised for him too. Arrangements were hurriedly made but there was no crowd to hear Yadav - Iqbal's election agents were the sole occupants of the front rows. Naturally disappointed, Yadav tried to save the situation by saying, "Public mobilisation is not enough. Party mobilisation is the key."Published By: AtMigration Published On: Dec 7, 1998--- ENDS ---
