Lalu Prasad Yadav is currently in judicial custody in the Dumka Treasury case. He has secured bail in other cases related to the fodder scam.
Lalu, who has been convicted in multiple fodder scam cases, has been undergoing treatment at RIIMS for several ailments.
Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday made a sensational claim alleging that fodder scam convict and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been making phone calls to poach NDA MLAs. In a tweet shared on Tuesday evening, Sushil claimed that Lalu was having access to mobile despite serving sentences in the multi-crore fodder scam.
Ahead of Speaker's election in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, the ruling NDA has alleged that RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is trying to poach the MLAs in a bid to topple the Nitish Kumar government. An audiotape of Lalu has emerged wherein he could be heard speaking to the ruling alliance's MLA Lalan Paswan. Lalu asks him to abstain from the House during the Speaker's election.
For the last few months, Lalu has been putting up at the bungalow allotted to the Director of RIMS, which is seen as a favour extended to the ageing and ailing leader by the Hemant Soren government in which the RJD is a partner.
The NDA in Bihar comprises BJP, JD(U), HAM and VIP. The alliance retained the power in the just-concluded Assembly election by winning 125 seats, three more than the halfway mark of 122 in the 243-member Legislative Assembly. The RJD-led grand alliance secured 110 seats.
The NDA retained the power in the just-concluded Assembly election by winning 125 seats, one three more than the halfway mark of 122 in the 243-member Legislative Assembly.
The NDA retained the power in the just-concluded Assembly election by winning 125 seats, one three more than the halfway mark of 122 in the 243-member Legislative Assembly.
Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted and was sentenced to undergo a jail term, two years ago he had complained of certain health issues due to which he was shifted to RIMS.
A total of 163 ( 68 per cent) out of the 241 winners in the Bihar Assembly polls have declared criminal cases against themselves in the poll affidavits, with RJD topping the list with around 73 per cent.
Plurals Party chief Pushpam Priya Choudhary on Saturday said that riddance from Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav was the only way forward for Bihar's development.
In Dumka treasury case, Jharkhand High Court has deferred hearing of bail plea of former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav for November 27.
Lalu Prasad Yadav, the former Bihar CM, was granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court last month in a fodder scam case related to the Chaibasa treasury.
Bihar Assembly election 2020: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is behind the bars in connection with his role in the multi-crore fodder scam. This is the first Assembly election in Bihar when Lalu is missing from action.
Attacking opposition RJD, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday appealed to people to not "get misled" by those who "ignored" women and backward classes during their rule.
The elections for 243 Assembly seats will be held in three phases - for 71 seats on October 28, for 94 seats on November 3, and remaining 78 on November 7. The results will be announced on November 10.
Asaduddin Owaisi has claimed that the BJP wants to install its own Chief Minister in Bihar.
Slogans shouting "Lalu Zindabad" at an election rally on Wednesday seemed to have angered Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. A visibly irate CM could be seen stopping his speech midway to take on those in the crowd shouting pro-Lalu slogans.
Bihar Assembly election 2020: Addressing an election rally in Kaimur, Yogi Adityanath heaped praise on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his development works.
Former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav was on Friday granted bail by Jharkhand High Court. Yadav was granted bail in the Chaibasa Treasury case related to the fodder scam.
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