Controversy
While campaigning for Bihar elections in 2005, both Ram Vilas Paswan and Lalu Prasad Yadav used a look-alike of Osama bin Laden to woo Muslim voters. The lookalike would dress like bin Laden, accompany them in their helicopter to various election meetings, share the stage with them and make speeches that attacked the United States for its alleged anti-Muslim activities. Pramod Mahajan, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, had criticized both leaders for this by saying that they were "glorifying the name of a man who is recognised as the most wanted terrorist in the world."
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