‘Lalu was not scared and won’t be scared from these governments’: Tejashwi Yadav 

Express News Service

PATNA: Leader of Opposition in Bihar meeting Tejashwi Prasad Yadav launched a blistering assault on the Narendra Modi authorities following raids on the residential premises of his father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his mom Rabri Devi and eldest sister Misa Bharti in reference to ‘land for job’ rip-off within the railway. 

Taking to his official Twitter account to place a courageous face following raids, Tejashwi mentioned, “The path of truth and fact is the path of fire and it is difficult but not impossible to move on this path. It may be delayed but only the truth emerges victorious.”

“We are fighting and winning. Will continue to fight and will continue to win. Let the wind tell Delhi Durbars, Lalu was not scared and will not be scared from these governments,” he remarked.

The CBI on Friday carried out simultaneous searches on the residential premises of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad and his spouse Rabri Devi in Patna and Gopalganj in Bihar and in addition on the residence of Misa Bharti, a Rajya Sabha member, in New Delhi.

The raids have been performed when Tejashwi has gone to London together with his spouse to ship his speech at a operate. The CBI operation might outline political equations in Bihar when corruption costs returned to hang-out the RJD first household.

In 2017, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had walked out of the grand alliance when his deputy and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav (son of Lalu Prasad) didn’t clarify his corruption costs levelled towards him.
Now, will probably be fascinating to see whether or not Nitish seeks to distance himself from RJD significantly Tejashwi when corruption costs as soon as once more have began casting a shadow on the Lalu household.

Meanwhile, RJD leaders claimed that the CBI raids have been carried out at Lalu’s premises in view of current bonhomie between Nitish and Tejashwi.  RJD MLC Sunil Kumar Singh mentioned that the CBI raids may need taken place attributable to rising camaraderie between chief minister Nitish Kumar and chief of opposition Tejashwi Yadav, significantly on the caste census.

“Whether CBI raids were not a warning to Nitish as BJP was uncomfortable with growing proximity between Nitish and Tejashwi,” requested senior politician Shivanand Tiwari, who as a JD (U) chief together with one other occasion chief Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh had submitted a memorandum to the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the land for job rip-off.

Interestingly, Shivanand is presently in RJD and can also be thought-about an in depth aide of Lalu. The timing of raids was hinting at it, Tiwari added. JD (U) leaders, nevertheless, have been cautious of their feedback as senior minister Ashok Choudhary mentioned that transparency was not maintained within the recruitment in the railways and corruption had additionally taken place. CBI may need acquired some proof and so raids have been being performed after submitting a contemporary case.

‘It is totally mistaken to hyperlink CBI raids with current conferences between CM and Tejashwi,” the minister asserted. Senior BJP chief and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi mentioned Lalu procured land from folks in lieu of giving them jobs within the railway. First, the beneficiary household registered land within the title of anyone else title and subsequently, that particular person gifted the land to Lalu, he elaborated.