Motherhood Quote by Lalu Prasad Yadav

Lalu Prasad Yadav reaches for barnyard folk wisdom the way other politicians reach for policy papers: as a shortcut to authority that feels native, not manufactured. The buffalo line is comic on its face, a little absurd in its physicality, but that’s the point. It smuggles a political self-portrait into a rural proverb: he’s the man who doesn’t do things delicately, who doesn’t “handle” problems from a safe end, who grabs the danger where it can gore you.

The subtext is performative toughness. Catching a buffalo by the horns is not just bravery; it’s a claim of competence through audacity. In Indian politics, where charisma often competes with technocracy, Lalu frames administrative decision-making as a test of nerve rather than a spreadsheet exercise. “My mother” matters here too. He’s not citing an expert committee; he’s invoking lineage, village intelligence, and the idea that real governing instincts are learned at home, not in Delhi.

The Railway reference anchors the metaphor in a very specific cultural memory: his tenure as Railway Minister, frequently debated in terms of outcomes, optics, and the mythos of the “unlikely manager” delivering results. By narrating that chapter through a folksy maxim, he tries to preempt criticism of style as unserious. The joke becomes a shield: if you laugh, you’re already halfway to accepting his premise that bold, hands-on moves - even messy ones - are what make a system budge.