Hours after the raids, Lalu Yadav tweeted, “BJP doesn’t have guts to suppress my voice. If they try to do so, millions of Lalus will rise across the country. I am not scared of their threats.”
On the other hand, BJP leadership sharpened its attack on Lalu Yadav. Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Sushil Kumar Modi said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar himself had hinted that law enforcing agencies would take action against the RJD leader.
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Challenging Nitish Kumar to break his alliance with RJD, Sushil Modi accused the chief minister of ignoring corrupt practices of Lalu Yadav and his family. He demanded immediate removal of Lalu’s sons, Tejaswi Yadav and Tej Pratap, from the Cabinet as their names have appeared in various alleged Benami transactions.
Nitish Kumar, in his press conference on Monday, had said that the concerned agencies were free to take cognisance of charges levelled against Lalu Yadav. Distancing himself from RJD chief, Nitish had said that despite being a coalition partner his ideology was different.
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