The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is the second-largest social gathering within the Bihar Assembly with 76 seats, behind the BJP’s 77. Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) is positioned third with 45 seats. RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tewari mentioned the “BJP had been targeting it” as a result of the social gathering continued to stay a “formidable political force”.
The RJD’s clarification and explanations apart, the social gathering is aware of its high leaders are nonetheless mired in another courtroom case even after social gathering chief Lalu Prasad’s conviction in 5 fodder rip-off instances as of February this 12 months when a particular CBI courtroom convicted the previous Bihar chief minister within the Rs 139 crore Doranda treasury embezzlement case.
Lalu Prasad is at the moment out on bail, primarily on grounds of the RJD chief having undergone half his sentence in all 5 instances. One extra case is pending earlier than the CBI courtroom in Patna pertaining to the unlawful withdrawal of cash from the Banka-Bhagalpur treasury.
The RJD chief was convicted within the first fodder rip-off case in 2013 and awarded 5 years in jail in reference to the unlawful withdrawal of funds price Rs 37.7 crore from the Chaibasa treasury. The conviction additionally barred him from contesting elections for 11 years in keeping with a Supreme Court order which disqualifies convicts jailed for greater than two years from contesting for six years after completion of their sentence.
Later, he bought bail within the case, Lalu was convicted by a particular CBI courtroom within the second case on December 23, 2017 for the unlawful withdrawal of greater than Rs 80 lakh from the Deoghar treasury. He was awarded three and half years’ imprisonment on this case. He was convicted within the third case on January 24, 2018 over fraudulent withdrawals of Rs 33.67 crore from the Chaibasa treasury and awarded 5 years in jail. In the fourth case pertaining to unlawful withdrawal to the tune of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury, he was awarded seven years’ imprisonment on March 4, 2018. In the Doranda treasury embezzlement case, he was sentenced to 5 years in jail in addition to a nice of Rs 60 lakh.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
