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The ED is probing allegations of money laundering against former railway minister Lalu Prasad’s family and their associates in connection with the job-for-land scam case. Sushil Modi, a senior BJP leader in Bihar, has taken a jibe about this. He said that CM Nitish Kumar is happy with the raid on Lalu Yadav’s family members.
Sushil Modi said that the pressure from RJD to make Tejashwi Yadav the Chief Minister of Bihar will end now. He wants Tejashwi Yadav to go to jail and that is why he is saying that CBI should investigate fast.
Raid at many places
The ED on Friday launched raids at several places in Delhi linked to Lalu Prasad’s son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and other family members. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has raided over 20 premises, including the residences of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s three daughters and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders, in connection with the money laundering probe in the job-for-land scam case. The ED has also raided the residence of Lalu’s Samdhi SP leader Jitendra Yadav in Ghaziabad.
Tejashwi Yadav gave a response
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav had reacted after the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) claim. He targeted the BJP while tweeting. Tejashwi said in his tweet that remember – in 2017 also alleged transactions worth 8000 crores, malls worth thousands of crores, hundreds of properties and just a few months ago, UrbanCube mall of billions of WhiteLand Company was also found in Gurugram. Further, while taunting the BJP, he said that the BJP would have given the old account to its sources before bringing the new account of the alleged 600 crores.
