“The more Lalu Yadav is being harassed, the stronger the workers are becoming. None of us is afraid,” the RJD supporter added.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav arrived at the office of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) right here for questioning in reference to the alleged Land for Job rip-off on Monday.
A lot of RJD staff had been current exterior the office to protest the questioning of their get together’s nationwide president. An RJD employee stated that the Central authorities is harassing their chief in a bid to forestall them from making methods for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
“These people do not have any other weapon. The government is harassing these people for the upcoming elections of 2024 so that they are not able to make strategies,” she stated.
“The more Lalu Yadav is being harassed, the stronger the workers are becoming. None of us is afraid,” the RJD supporter added.
Meanwhile, Misa Bharti, daughter of Yadav, got here along with her father, who can be now quizzed by the officers of the federal company.
“Everything is in front of the country and the people of the country are watching everything,” Misa, surrounded by scores of RJD supporters, advised reporters exterior ED’s office.
Manoj Kumar Jha, RJD Rajya Sabha MP, has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of politically concentrating on its rivals, utilizing authorities companies. “This is not an ED summon, but a BJP summon… This will go on till 2024, till then please do not call it ED summons… Why should we be scared?” Jha stated.
The BJP, which on Sunday grew to become a part of the state authorities after Nitish Kumar switched sides, claimed that corruption was deep set in the RJD.
“…The people of the country know that these (Lalu Yadav) are corrupt people. Corruption is a jewel for them… I want to urge Tejashwi Yadav to tell the youth of Bihar the system of how to become millionaires within one and a half years,” Bihar BJP unit chief and now state Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chowdhary stated.
The alleged rip-off occurred when Lalu Yadav was Railway Minister between 2004 and 2009.
Apart from the RJD nationwide president, the chargesheet additionally contains the identify of the then Railway General Manager.In lieu of getting them appointed in the Railways, Lalu Prasad Yadav allegedly obtained lands transferred owned by candidates and their relations in the names of his spouse Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti on the market consideration which was a lot lesser than the prevailing circle charges in addition to the prevailing market charges.
The CBI filed the chargesheet in October final yr, towards former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, their daughter Misa Bharti, and 13 others in the land-for-jobs rip-off.
According to the CBI, the individuals had been first recruited as substitutes in Group D posts in the Railways and had been regularised when their households made a land deal.
The CBI is probing the allegations of taking land for a bribe in lieu of a job in the Railways.At the identical time, ED is investigating the case of cash laundering. The CBI additionally filed a chargesheet in this case.
