The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Bihar unit president Samrat Choudhary on January 10 termed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav “the symbol of corruption”. Mr. Choudhary was reacting to the filing of a chargesheet by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday, naming Mr. Yadav’s wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, their daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav, and four others, in the land-for-jobs scam.
Mr. Choudhary alleged that the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) were “ornaments” for Mr. Prasad who “ate fodder while serving as Chief Minister” and “ate the jobs of poor people while serving as Railway Minister”.
Mr. Yadav’s eldest son Tej Pratap Yadav came down heavily on the BJP, accused the party of misusing Central agencies, and proclaimed that his family was “not scared of ED and CBI”.
