The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties valued at around Rs 113 crore of Amit Katyal, an alleged associate of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's family, and his realty firms in a money laundering case, officials said on Thursday.
The prime minister said while Congress is silent its jailed ally, who is out on bail, confirmed the INDIA bloc's intentions.
The meeting was convened by the Congress’ National Alliance Committee’s convenor Mukul Wasnik with leaders of the RJD at his residence here.
Distancing himself from Lalu Prasad’s “Parivar” (family) jibe on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former J&K chief minister and National Conference…
The statement of the RJD chief came a day before the scheduled meeting of the Opposition bloc in the national capital.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar paying a sudden visit to the residence of senior RJD leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui in Darbhanga, and BJP’s sudden, bitter reaction to Tejashwi Yadav’s meeting with his father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad in jail amply indicate that Bihar politics is set to take a sharp turn sooner than later, say the analysts.
"Aapke ghar mein (In your home)," a furious Rabri shot back when the media persons asked about Tejahwi's whereabouts.
Darbhanga, Begusarai, Ujiyarpur, Munger & Samastipur are held by the NDA, first three by BJP and the last two by LJP
Noor, who heads the Awami Insaf Morcha (AIM), was in the news in 2014 when he pledged to contest that Lok Sabha election against BJP's then Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi from Varanasi. But his nomination papers were rejected. He was so much in demand that Paswan and Lalu Prasad would invariably find a seat for him on their campaign helicopters, even if it meant dropping a senior party leader.
Rival Sharad Yadav has now been fielded as RJD-led Grand Alliance candidate and he is facing challenge from none other than Pappu Yadav who was elected on the RJD ticket last time
