"Old matter, how is it BJP's fault": Upendra Kushwaha on Lalu Yadav's appearance before ED
Jan 29, 2024
Patna (Bihar) [India], January 29 : After Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Patna in the Land for Jobs scam case, Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal (RLJD) president Upendra Kushwaha on Monday said that BJP should not be blamed for this as it is a long-pending matter, and the case began itself when the RJD chief himself was the Bihar Chief Minister.
"How is it the BJP's fault? The allegations in this case began when Lalu Prasad was the Chief Minister himself. The trial began, and he even went to jail for it when his own alliance members were at the Centre at that time. The BJP hasn't done anything new. Till the investigation is completed, this will go on, there is nothing new in it" Upendra Kushwaha told ANI.
Earlier today, Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav arrived at the office of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) here for questioning in connection with the alleged Land for Job scam on Monday.
A large number of RJD workers were present outside the office to protest the questioning of their party's national president.
An RJD worker said that the Central government is harassing their leader in a bid to prevent them from making strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
"These people do not have any other weapon. The government is harassing these people for the upcoming elections of 2024 so that they are not able to make strategies," she said."The more Lalu Yadav is being harassed, the stronger the workers are becoming. None of us is afraid," the RJD supporter added.
Manoj Kumar Jha, RJD Rajya Sabha MP, has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of politically targeting its rivals using government agencies.
"This is not an ED summon, but a BJP summon. This will go on till 2024; until then, please do not call it ED summons. Why should we be scared?" Jha said.
The BJP, which on Sunday became part of the state government after Nitish Kumar switched sides, claimed that corruption was deep in the RJD.
"People of the country know that these (Lalu Yadav) are corrupt people. Corruption is a jewel for them. I want to urge Tejashwi Yadav to tell the youth of Bihar the system of how to become millionaires within one and a half years," Bihar BJP unit chief and now state Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chowdhary said.
