Prasad also questioned Kalyan Singh's role as a star campaigner for Samajwadi Party, which is contesting Lok Sabha elections in alliance with RJD.
"He (Kalyan) is a convict in the demolition of the Babri Masjid... Is he a member of SP?.. He is not a member of the SP," Prasad said, when his opinion was sought on the former UP Chief Minister's appeal to Muslims to "bury" the BJP.
Kalyan had made the appeal at an election rally on Friday, saying he had already "dug a grave" for BJP and Muslims should "put soil to fill it".
Kalyan, who was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh when the Babri Masjid was demolished in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, is an accused in the case.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Kalyan quit the BJP to join hands with his erstwhile bete noire Mulayam Singh Yadav. Seeking to distance himself from the demolition, Kalyan Singh claimed that he was "kept in the dark" by BJP.
"I was told that nothing will happen (demolition of mosque)... there was a conspiracy by BJP behind it. Two big leaders who were kar sevavadis, had given to Supreme Court in writing that only a symbolic kar seva would be held there (in Ayodhya)," Kalyan Singh said.
Kalyan said that believing the two unnamed BJP leaders, he also told Supreme Court "that yes, I will provide security (to the mosque). However I can say that BJP leaders were probably thinking how to remove me, because I belong to the backward caste community, which is not acceptable to that party".
On Prasad's attack, Kalyan Singh responded by saying "he (Lalu) is referring to the past, he should speak about the present. Muslims have accepted me and I am comfortable with them, this is the fact today
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