Thackeray dares Lalu to hold

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Thursday dared Railway Minister Lalu Prasad to perform 'Chhath Puja' at Marina Beach in Chennai to oppose the imposition of Tamil by the Karunanidhi Government in schools across the state.n a reference to Lalu's recent statement in the wake of MNS leader Raj Thackeray's anti-North Indian stir that he would come to Mumbai to perform Chhath Puja, Thackeray said in an editorial published in party mouthpiece Saamana that the Karunanidhi Government has issued an ordinance making Tamil compulsory in all schools in the state.Lalu, who has turned Bihar into a hell, should hold a mela of Biharis in Tamil Nadu ruled by his ally at the Centre to champion the cause of North Indians there." Launching a scathing attack on the reported demand by some local North Indian Congress leaders that Hindi be made an official language in BMC, Thackeray said, "Let them try this out in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kol