As Lalu and co face probe heat, here is what the hotel scam is and why CBI conducted raids today
Politics | July 07, 2017 17:27 ISTAccording to the CBI, the case is of criminal conspiracy (120-B), cheating (420) under IPC and corruption.
According to the CBI, the case is of criminal conspiracy (120-B), cheating (420) under IPC and corruption.
Venkaiah Naidu also said that the CBI was doing its duty in accordance with the mandate given to it by the law of the land.
Lalu claimed that all decisions related to these tenders were taken during the NDA rule.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad held that his efforts to bring UP opposition leaders Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav together would "end the 2019 match" for the BJP.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday attacked Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad over alleged benami land deals, calling him the "Robert Vadra of Bihar".
Meanwhile, on June 5, Lalu will meet party office-bearers and elected representatives in Patna to review preparations for the rally.
RJD leader Sanoj Yadav was allegedly thrashed and beaten by Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav at Lalu Prasad Yadav's Iftar party.
Calling opposition nominee Meira Kumar as ‘Bihar ki Beti’ (daughter of Bihar), Lalu said that his stand would have been the same – to oppose Ram Nath Kovind – even if the Congress would have decided to support him.
Prasad, Mishra and other accused in the fodder scam appeared before the special CBI court of Shivpal Singh in a case pertaining to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 96 lakh from Deoghar Treasury in the 1990s.
Nitish Kumar had yesterday made it clear that the JD(U) will go with NDA’s candidate for the top constitutional post and that the party will not attend today’s opposition parties meet.
The department had carried out country-wide searches in this case last month. Benami properties are those in which the real beneficiary is not the one in whose name the property has been purchased.
Replying to a query on the Presidential candidate, Azad told reporters that all opposition parties will meet on June 22 in Delhi to take a final decision on a candidate.
The Benami Transactions Act, 1988, came into force on November 1 last year.
According to news agency ANI, Bharti was issued two summons to appear before Delhi investigation wing of I-T department but failed to appear. The I-T seized properties raided in May.
BPCL has cancelled the license of a petrol pump allotted to RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son and Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav.
Misa Bharti today skipped questioning by tax officials for the second time in about a week in connection with a probe into a Rs 1,000 crore alleged benami land deal and tax evasion case
Sushil Modi, who has been making a series of allegations against Lalu and his family, termed Lalu’s servant as a “surrogate”
Her husband Shailesh Kumar is scheduled to depose tomorrow. He too had given a miss to the questioning on June 7.
As Prasad turned 70 day, Bihar Chief Minister Nistish Kumar drove to 10 Circular Road to wish him and praised his "immense contribution to Bihar politics and society".
The Income Tax Department on Tuesday slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti for failing to appear before it in connection with the Rs 1,000 crore alleged benami land deals and tax evasion case
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