4. Lalu Prasad Yadav: The man with the swagger, who was once the kingmaker at the Centre, is out of power in Bihar with the emergence of Nitish Kumar. Lalu Prasad Yadav has been involved in almost 63 cases of corruption out of which the fodder scam shook his career and marked an end to his chief ministerial tenure.
The reports submitted showed misappropriation of approximately Rs. 950 crores from the government treasure. The scam involved introducing falsehood in herds of fictitious livestock which were used to manufacture fodder, medicines and equipments for animal husbandry.
Although the scam started at a very small scale and was exposed in the year 1996, it continued for a long time and kept spreading till it got top bureaucrats involved into it and converted into a full fledged mafia. Lalu's career was swallowed up in the scam and an end to his tenure was marked.
