A day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar severed ties with the mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) to align with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in land-for-job scam on Monday.
Mr. Prasad reached the ED office in Patna’s Bank road at 11 a.m. and was grilled by ED officials for over eight hours. The ED officials, said sources, have presented a set of over 50 questions in the land-for-job scam case which saw the alleged sale of properties at throwaway prices or as ‘gifts’ to Mr. Prasad’s kinfolk during his term as Railway Minister in the 2004-2009 United Progressive Alliance government. The CBI is investigating the allegations of bribery in the case whereas the ED is probing the money laundering trail.
