patnaranchi former bihar deputy cm sushil kumar modi on wednesday released an alleged audio clip of jailed rjd chief lalu prasad asking bjps mla from pirpainti lallan paswan not to vote in the election for the state legislative assembly speakers post lalu in the alleged telephonic conversation promised paswan a ministerial berth after the fall of nda government in bihar bjp mla vijay sinha has been elected the speakerpaswanji congratulations you support us in the election of speaker tomorrow wednesday and we will take your career ahead we will make you a minister as we will bring down the government as the speaker will be ours lalu is heard saying on tuesday in the audio however toi died not verify the authenticity of the audio clipwhen paswan said he is in the party bjp lalu is heard asking him to abstain from voting in the assembly on the plea of having been infected with corona paswan told ani on wednesday that he received the call from lalu who offered him a ministerial berth which he refused my pa personal assistant received the call and the person on the other side said lalu prasad wanted to speak to me my pa asked him where he was calling from to which the person said from ranchi i thought laluji wanted to congratulate me for my victory in the election he congratulated me and i also sought his blessings as he is an elderly person later he asked me to be absent during the speakers election said paswan paswan said he was with sushil modi when the call came i informed modiji immediately and the entire conversation happened in front of him added paswanlalu yadav making telephone call xxxxxxxxxx from ranchi to nda mlas promising ministerial berths when i telephoned lalu directly picked up i said dont do these dirty tricks from jail you will not succeed sic tweeted sushil modi toi is not revealing the numberrjd functionaries claimed the audio was doctored sushil modi does this every day to keep himself in the limelight this has been his nature although people dont believe him sushil modi is making baseless claims with no truth at all said rjds maner mla bhai virendrain ranchi jharkhand ig prison birendra bhushan said that under the jail manual no convict can use mobile phones lalu prasad is not in jail but in hospital for treatment at present the responsibility lies with the local administration he said bhushan said no special facility has been provided to lalu prasad by the jail administrationrjds jharkhand president abhay singh said modi was demonstrating the character of opposition what else they can do except leveling baseless allegations he said commenting on the audio tape released by modi in which a voice claimed to be of lalu is heard convincing a bjp mla to vote in favour of rjd candidate in speakers election singh said that lalu prasad is a law abiding person and follows the court order we have not