Ishrat Jahan was Bihar’s Daughter: Tej Pratap Yadav

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son Tej Pratap Yadav called Ishrat Jahan Bihar’s daughter.

David Headley’s revelation of Ishrat Jahan as an LeT suicide bomber has sparked off a fresh debate between Congress and BJP. (Photo altered by: The Quint)

Bihar Health Minister and Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son Tej Pratap Singh agreed with Nitish Kumar saying he is is right, Ishrat Jahan was Bihar’s daughter.

In David Headley’s deposition before a Mumbai court, he said that Ishrat Jahan, the 19-year-old girl, killed in 2004 in what the CBI had concluded was a fake encounter case, was, in fact, a member of the women’s wing of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Ishrat who was a second year Bachelor of Science student at Mumbai’s Guru Nanak Khalsa College, hailed from Bihar.

Former Home Secretary GK Pillai said that he cannot be certain that Ishrat Jahan was a LeT operative and chose to give her the benefit of doubt. Pillai was Home Secretary between 2009 and 2011. Two affidavits were filed by the ministry in the Gujarat High Court, the first of which named Jahan and three others as LeT terrorists.

You must have heard what David Headley has just said in Court, that Ishrat Jahan was a suicide bomber. Tell me, will the accusing political parties now apologise to the nation for trying to fool the people?

Rajnath Singh, Home Minister