Lagatar24 Desk
Patna, Feb 21: Tejashwi Yadav, leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, criticised his father Lalu Prasad Yadav’s five-year prison sentence in the fodder scam case on Monday, calling it a consequence of a war against the BJP and the Sangh Parivar.
“If Lalu Ji would have shaken hands with BJP then he would have been called Raja Harishchandra but today he is fighting against RSS- BJP hence he is facing imprisonment. We’ll not get scared with this,” said RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on conviction of Lalu Prasad Yadav in 5th fodder case.
“Apart from fodder scam, it seems no scam has happened in the country. In Bihar, almost 80 scams have happened but where is CBI, ED, NIA? In country there is only one scam and one leader. CBI has forgotten Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi,” he added.
Notably, in the 139-crore fodder fraud case, a Ranchi-based court convicted Lalu Prasad Yadav to five years in prison and a fine of Rs 60 lakh.
Tejashwi also refused to comment on the verdict, but did say that they will appeal the decision to the Supreme Court in the hopes of getting his father’s case dismissed.
“I will not comment on the court verdict. This is not the last judgment. There is the high court and the supreme court. We’ve challenged it in the High court and we are hopeful that the judgment of the lower court will change in the High Court,” he further said.
I will not comment on the court verdict. This is not the last judgment. High Court, Supreme court are there. We've challenged it in the High court and we are hopeful that the judgment of lower court will change in High Court: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav https://t.co/qMVqhhirkE pic.twitter.com/tKB3w8SBvw
— ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2022
Following his conviction last week, the 73-year-old politician was transferred from Hotwar jail to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi. Lalu Prasad Yadav was previously convicted to 14 years in prison in four other cases involving the Jharkhand treasuries of Dumka, Deoghar, and Chaibasa.
