Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on October 8 came forward to defend alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members after investigating agency CBI filed charge sheet against 16 accused persons, including Mr. Prasad and his family members, in alleged land-for-job scam.
Mr. Kumar also expressed unhappiness over Urban Local body elections in Bihar termed as “illegal”.
The Chief Minister further slammed poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s claim that he [Mr. Kumar] had recently offered him to lead his party. “ Hum nahi bulaye the, apne aaya tha (I’ didn’t call him, he had come on his own)”, Mr. Kumar said on his recent long meeting with Mr. Kishor at his official residence 1, Anne Marg.
