"Soniaji most suitable as PM"

"Soniaji is the most suitable candidate for premiership, and we will make our best effort for her," Bihar CM Rabri Devi said.

Taking a dig at the NDA for its "diatribe" against Sonia Gandhi, Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi claimed on Saturday that the Congress president would become the next Prime Minister replacing Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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"Soniaji is the most suitable candidate for the top post of the PM for which we will make all possible efforts," she told an election rally in Forbesganj.

Castigating the NDA leaders for describing Sonia as a foreigner, she said it will be "a slap on the face of the communal forces the day Soniaji takes oath as PM."

She came down heavily on the Centre for not providing special financial package for Bihar after the creation of Jharkhand.

Terming the BJP as "anti-poor and anti-farmer," Rabri Devi alleged that the saffron party had done "precious little" for the betterment of the country other than spreading communal hatred.