India, Aug. 24 -- When Rahul Gandhi took a dig at himself over his unmarried status in Bihar on Sunday, this was only the latest revival of a sub-plot in his political journey. And it continues to feature political veteran Lalu Prasad Yadav as a potential matchmaker.

The Congress MP, who turned 55 recently, pointed to himself just after RJD's Tejashwi Yadav made a suggestion to rival Chirag Paswan, 42, of the LJP (RV) to get married.

"I would like to suggest to Chirag Paswan ji, who is like an elder brother, to get married sooner rather than later," Tejashwi, 32 and a father of two, said in a light-hearted answer to a reporter's question about their political equation.

Rahul then took the mic from Tejashwi and remarked, "This is applic...