The Political integrity of Lalu Prasad https://faraz1951.wordpress.com/2022/02/25/the-political-integrity-of-lalu-prasad/ February 25, 2022
For all the multiple convictions and condemnations for a single “crime” of alleged ‘Fodder scam’ Lalu Prasad will go down as a leader of highest political integrity.
I am certain that eventually the highest court will one day pronounce Lalu “not guilty” of committing any crime at all. if Lalu had misappropriated public funds to the tune of around 1000 crore rupees,.. there would have been visible evidence of him having amassed at least some wealth. But the CBI ..submitted a charge sheet to the courts in a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case, finding Lalu’s total assets at only somewhere around 40 lakh rupees.
Soon after Lalu’s RJD and JDU won against the BJP-LJP combine in 2015 assembly elections, and formed a government, sources in Patna started noticing that a prominent Yadav BJP leader was frequently flying to Patna meeting Rabri Devi, asking her to persuade Lalu to pull the rug from under Nitish’s feet. In turn she was offered that not only her son Tejaswi will be made the chief minister with BJP support but all fodder cases against Lalu will also be brushed under the carpet. .. Lalu dismissed the offer point blank and soon thereafter was sent to jail.