As the election of new Bihar Assembly Speaker was slated to be held on Wednesday, political temperature in the state rose due to an audio clip of an alleged telephonic talk of jailed RJD leader Lalu Prasad with an NDA MLA.

Senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi who posted the audio clip on his official Twitter handle -- accused Lalu Prasad of calling up newly elected MLAs of the National Democratic Alliance to lure them.