Lalu Prasad Yadav is serving a four-year prison sentence in Jharkhand for corruption.
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- Lalu Prasad attracts MLA from NDA to overthrow government in Bihar: Sushil Modi
- Sushil Modi Tweets Phone Number, Says Lalu Prasad Using It To Steal MLA
- Lalu Yadav Offers Minister Positions To NDA MLA, Says Sushil Modi
New Delhi:
Former Chief Minister Lalu Yadav is trying to induce members of the People’s Liberation Army of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar to switch sides, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi alleged in a post, sharing a mobile phone number that he claimed the jailed politician was using.
“Lalu Yadav makes a phone call (8051216302) from Ranchi to the NDA MLA and promises ministerial positions,” Sushil Kumar Modi tweeted, tagging the media.
“When I called on the phone, Lalu answered directly. I said don’t do (sic) these dirty tricks from jail, you won’t be successful,” said the former chief deputy minister, who has known Lalu Yadav since the 1970s when
both were student leaders involved in the JP movement.
Lalu Yadav makes a phone call (8051216302) from Ranchi to the NDA MLAs and promising ministerial positions. When I called on the phone, Lalu answered directly. I said don’t do these dirty tricks from jail, you won’t be successful. @ News18Bihar@ABPNews@AND ME@ZeeBiharNews
– Sushil Kumar Modi (@SushilModi) November 24, 2020
An audio clip has been in circulation, allegedly of Rashtriya’s boss Janata Dal who offered to become the minister of the BJP MLA if he abstained from the election of the president in the Bihar assembly.
The call was allegedly made to the BJP legislator, Lallan Yadav. A voice apparently from Lalu Yadav says: “We will appoint you minister. In the election of Speaker tomorrow, you will have to support us.”
When the BJP MLA apparently responds, showing his reluctance: “We are at a party”, Lalu Yadav says: “Absent ho jao. Crown ho gaya tha (To be absent? Say you have a crown) “.
The RJD leader seems to add: “If you support us and we have our Speaker, then we can do things for you.
Lalu Yadav is serving a four-year prison sentence in Jharkhand for corruption. He spent much of his sentence in a hospital for health problems.
In recent weeks, the former Chief Minister was seen in a bungalow assigned to the Director of the RIMS hospital in Ranchi.
In the Bihar elections earlier this month, the NDA retained power, but Lalu Yadav’s son, Tejashwi Yadav, put up a strong fight. The RJD emerged as the largest party, although the Tejashwi-led opposition fell short of the majority mark.
Sushil Kumar Modi, who has been replaced by the BJP as Senior Deputy Minister, a position he held for much of Nitish Kumar’s 15-year term, was appointed Chairman of the Ethics Committee of Bihar’s legislative council by the Senior Minister.
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