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A special CBI court today jailed former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for five years and fined him Rs 25 lakh for his involvement in the fodder scam.
The court of Pravas Kumar Singh also sentenced former chief minister Jagannath Mishra and Janata Dal-United MP Jagdish Sharma to four years in prison each.
While Mishra was fined Rs.2 lakh, Sharma has been fined Rs.5 lakh.
Lok Sabha MP Lalu Yadav becomes the second MP after Rajya Sabha member & Congress leader Rasheed Masood who will set to lose their seats under a new Supreme Court ruling.
Lalu would be out of electoral arena for at least 11 years.
Lalu's lawyer had sought minimum punishment arguing former CM is an eminent, senior citizen.
Former Development Commissioner Phoolchand Singh, former Science and Technology Secretary Mahesh Prasad, former AHD Secretary Beck Juleus, former Income Tax Commissioner Adhip Chandra Choudhary, former Class I officers Gouri Shankar Prasad, Brajnandan Sharma, K M Prasad (all three were with the Animal Husbandry Department) and other officials, suppliers were among those found guilty.
A sitting from Jahanabad, Sharma also faces disqualification in the wake of a Supreme Court judgement that an MP or MLA would stand disqualified immediately if convicted by a court for crimes with punishment of two years or more and under some other laws even without jail sentence.
RJD spokesperson Manoj Jha has said that the verdict would be challenged in a higher court.
RJD workers and the still-faithful but dwindling band of Yadavs — will start looking at the next round of legal proceedings.
The buzz for succession is also growing — wife Rabri and son Tejaswi have launched a war cry of appealing to the “final court of the people”, presumably the Lok Sabha polls next year.
“Rabri Devi is our leader. She is still there to guide us,” party secretary general Ramkripal Yadav has said.
The statewide area network Jharnet pulled the videoconferencing off smoothly today
The court of Pravas Kumar Singh also sentenced former chief minister Jagannath Mishra and Janata Dal-United MP Jagdish Sharma to four years in prison each.
While Mishra was fined Rs.2 lakh, Sharma has been fined Rs.5 lakh.
Lok Sabha MP Lalu Yadav becomes the second MP after Rajya Sabha member & Congress leader Rasheed Masood who will set to lose their seats under a new Supreme Court ruling.
Lalu would be out of electoral arena for at least 11 years.
Lalu's lawyer had sought minimum punishment arguing former CM is an eminent, senior citizen.
Former Development Commissioner Phoolchand Singh, former Science and Technology Secretary Mahesh Prasad, former AHD Secretary Beck Juleus, former Income Tax Commissioner Adhip Chandra Choudhary, former Class I officers Gouri Shankar Prasad, Brajnandan Sharma, K M Prasad (all three were with the Animal Husbandry Department) and other officials, suppliers were among those found guilty.
A sitting from Jahanabad, Sharma also faces disqualification in the wake of a Supreme Court judgement that an MP or MLA would stand disqualified immediately if convicted by a court for crimes with punishment of two years or more and under some other laws even without jail sentence.
RJD spokesperson Manoj Jha has said that the verdict would be challenged in a higher court.
RJD workers and the still-faithful but dwindling band of Yadavs — will start looking at the next round of legal proceedings.
The buzz for succession is also growing — wife Rabri and son Tejaswi have launched a war cry of appealing to the “final court of the people”, presumably the Lok Sabha polls next year.
“Rabri Devi is our leader. She is still there to guide us,” party secretary general Ramkripal Yadav has said.
The statewide area network Jharnet pulled the videoconferencing off smoothly today
