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Many Congress leaders said, by addressing the function at Congress office, Lalu has given a strong message that he had string bonding with the grand old party and "other ally may like to go anywhere, if they wish so." "Last time, Lalu Ji visited the Sadaqat Ashram in 2000 when the Congress veteran Sitaram Kesri's body was brought here. "I told Soniaji, the UP elections is not only for UP, it is election for the entire country. The function was presided over by Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) president and education minister Ashok Choudhary. It was attended by two other ministers of Nitish government and many Congress legislators.In the past, Lalu, except his student days, visited the Sadaqat Ashram only twice or thrice..