Sharad finds Lalu's benami wealth legitimate: Sushil Kumar Modi
Bihar Deputy-CM Sushil Kumar Modi has claimed that Loktantrik Janata Dal founder Sharad Yadav is siding with the RJD as he finds nothing wrong in the alleged benami properties owned by its president Lalu Prasad's family. The remarks of Modi, who is also a senior BJP leader, followed Yadav's meeting with Prasad, who's currently lodged at a hospital in Ranchi on account of ill-health.
Prasad is serving sentences in fodder scam cases
Lalu Prasad is serving sentences in fodder scam cases, after being convicted by a special CBI court in 2017. "Sharad Yadav finds the benami wealth of Lalu family as legitimate and therefore, he rebelled against the JD(U) and started siding with the RJD," Modi tweeted yesterday. The Income Tax department and Enforcement Directorate have attached properties allegedly belonging to Prasad's family earlier this year.
Yadav formed his own party, Loktantrik Janata Dal, this year
Modi's remark was a reference to the former JD(U) national president walking out of the party, which is now headed by CM Nitish Kumar, and siding with the opposition camp in Bihar. Yadav formed his own outfit, Loktantrik Janata Dal, in April this year after he was disqualified from Rajya Sabha following a petition filed by JD(U) before the Chairman of the Upper House.
Modi criticized Yadav for keeping mum on Christian Michel case
A former NDA convener himself, Yadav had refused to toe the party line when Kumar walked out of the Grand Alliance comprising the JD(U), the RJD and the Congress, and formed a new government with the BJP. Sushil Modi also criticized Yadav for "making an inappropriate comment against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia but keeping mum on the extradition of Christian Michel."
Yadav expressed regret over his comment against Rajasthan CM
"Christian Michel is involved in the Rs. 255-crore Augusta Westland helicopter scam of which the Gandhi family was a beneficiary," said Modi, who also was the Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013. After drawing flak over his remarks against the Rajasthan CM a couple of days ago, Yadav expressed regret and said he'd write a letter to her.
'Sharad Yadav helping Lalu-Gandhi families protect their ill-gotten wealth'
"Sharad Yadav is becoming a part of a front opposed to the NDA government, which has curbed black money, and ending up helping the Lalu-Gandhi families in protecting their ill-gotten wealth," Sushil Modi alleged over the Fodder Scam and Augusta Westland helicopter scam.