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Lalu at Fodder Scam Hearing, While Bihar Politics Shifts Shape

Lalu said he would comment on Nitish’s new government with the BJP after the court hearing.

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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. (Photo: Reuters)
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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. (Photo: Reuters)
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While Bihar went through a big political shift, on Thursday, RJP supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav went to Ranchi to appear at a court hearing for the multi-crore fodder scam that he has been embroiled in.

Speaking to reporters, Lalu said he would comment on Nitish’s new government with the BJP after the court hearing.

The court will hear the case related to illegal withdrawal of Rs 95 lakh from Deogarh treasury.

The fodder scam pertains to the alleged fraudulent withdrawal of around Rs 1,000 crore by the Animal Husbandry department from various districts when Yadav was the chief minister of Bihar between 1990 and 1997.

On 8 May, the Supreme Court struck down the Jharkhand High Court order and ruled that Lalu would have to face trial in each of the cases registered against him in connection with the fodder scam. The top court, in fact, passed severe strictures against the HC judge who gave the verdict .

Yadav was convicted by a special CBI court in Ranchi in October 2013 and was given a sentence of five years in jail in one of the fodder scam cases. He then moved the Jharkhand High Court challenging the CBI court’s verdict.

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