The special CBI court issued contempt of court notices to senior RJD leaders, including Tejashwi Yadav, former deputy chief minister of Bihar, and Lalu Yadav’s son, after the Fodder Scam verdict.
#FLASH: Ranchi Special CBI Court summons Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Tejashwi Yadav and Manoj Jha on January 23rd pic.twitter.com/Y6tzBR7uZB
— ANI (@ANI) January 3, 2018
Tejashwi had accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP of trying to malign Lalu.
Will challenge judgement in HC. We have already appealed against conviction in Chaibasa treasury case in HC. Bail procedure would take place only after HC’s opening. Nitish Kumar, BJP kept trying to malign Lalu Ji: Tejashwi Yadav on father Lalu Yadav’s conviction in #FodderScam pic.twitter.com/qLVyl4ebMS
— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2017
He further stated that only fault of Lalu was that he was born in backward caste and fought for social justice.
लालू जी जिस वर्ण और ग़रीबी में पैदा हुए और जिस संघर्ष के दम पर सत्ता के स्थापित गलियारों को अपने दमख़म से हिलाया वहीं सबसे बड़ा घोटाला है और उसी की सज़ा भुगत रहे है। समझें!
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) December 23, 2017
Congress leader Manish Tewari also faces contempt of court charges in the fodder scam for speaking against the judgement.
Manish Tewari had defended Lalu and implied the verdict as BJP’s agenda.
Lalu Yadav has been fighting this legal battle since 1996. It started when BJP leaders filed PIL against him in Patna HC. He & his lawyers are capable of fighting this case. I want to ask BJP why Srijan scam is not being investigated?: Manish Tewari,Congress on #FodderScamVerdict pic.twitter.com/n9L148hEi9
— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2017
Meanwhile, Lalu’s quantum of sentence will be pronounced tomorrow.
On 23rd December, 2017, special CBI court in Ranchi had announced Lalu guilty in fodder scam. Lalu specifically was convicted in a Rs 89 lakh Deogarh treasury case, which is one of the five fodder scam cases in which Lalu is an accused. It was alleged that fraudulent withdraws were made from the Deogarh treasury 1991 and 1993.
But this conviction episode wasn’t without high drama.
A few minutes before the actual conviction, the media, possibly by tapping into their telepathic instincts, jumped the gun to give Lalu supporters a reason to cheer.
