‘People are watching’: Rabri Devi warns BJP on CBI searches at RJD leaders’ premises

By PTI

PATNA: The ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar on Wednesday cried foul over raids performed at numerous premises owned by leaders of the RJD, the biggest constituent of the seven-party coalition.

The CBI raids, in reference to a railway land for jobs rip-off, commenced barely just a few hours earlier than the brand new authorities was to show its majority on the ground of the state meeting.

“I do not wish to comment on merits and demerits of the case. But the timing of the raids is a clear indication that the investigating agencies are trying to help the BJP,” alleged Upendra Kushwaha, parliamentary board president of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U).

The BJP has been stripped of energy on account of the volte-face earlier this month by Kumar, who has now aligned with the RJD, Congress and Left mix.

Former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, whose personal residence right here was raided by the company in reference to the case just a few months in the past, advised reporters, “The people are watching and they can understand what is behind these raids.”

The case pertains to her husband and RJD president Lalu Prasad’s tenure as railway minister.

Raids had been happening on the residences of celebration MLC Sunil Singh, an in depth aide, moreover Rajya Sabha MPs Ashfaq Karim and Faiyaz Ahmed and former MLC Subodh Rai.

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Singh screamed earlier than reporters from the balcony of his Rajbanshi Nagar condominium, “It is clearly an intimidatory tactics. Why else is the raid being conducted today? We cannot even see the local police, who normally accompany CBI officials during raids.”

Singh can be the Chairman of Bihar State Cooperative Union (BISCOMAUN) and a staff of CBI officers was at his workplace close to Gandhi Maidan, about 5 kilometres away, as effectively.

CPI(ML) MLA Sandeep Saurav advised reporters outdoors the meeting, “These raids clearly show that the BJP has thrown constitutional propriety to the winds. No raid takes place at any leader of the party which is in power at the Centre as well as in so many states.”

BJP leaders, nonetheless, noticed it as a comeuppance for Kumar, their former ally, who not solely turned his again on them but in addition allied with “corrupt” events just like the RJD and the Congress.

“It is the RJD which is sitting on a heap of wealth and therefore its leaders are facing the heat. Nitish Kumar not only betrayed the mandate given to NDA for ruling Bihar but also tied up with the corrupt,” BJP chief and former minister Pramod Kumar mentioned.

“We are not worried about allegations of witch-hunting. Sonia Gandhi had knocked the doors of the Supreme Court. Nothing came of it,” he mentioned.

Incidentally, whereas Singh is the BISCOMAUN chairman, Karim and Ahmed personal personal medical schools at Katihar and Madhubani, respectively.

PATNA: The ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar on Wednesday cried foul over raids performed at numerous premises owned by leaders of the RJD, the biggest constituent of the seven-party coalition.

The CBI raids, in reference to a railway land for jobs rip-off, commenced barely just a few hours earlier than the brand new authorities was to show its majority on the ground of the state meeting.

“I do not wish to comment on merits and demerits of the case. But the timing of the raids is a clear indication that the investigating agencies are trying to help the BJP,” alleged Upendra Kushwaha, parliamentary board president of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U).

The BJP has been stripped of energy on account of the volte-face earlier this month by Kumar, who has now aligned with the RJD, Congress and Left mix.

Former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, whose personal residence right here was raided by the company in reference to the case just a few months in the past, advised reporters, “The people are watching and they can understand what is behind these raids.”

The case pertains to her husband and RJD president Lalu Prasad’s tenure as railway minister.

Raids had been happening on the residences of celebration MLC Sunil Singh, an in depth aide, moreover Rajya Sabha MPs Ashfaq Karim and Faiyaz Ahmed and former MLC Subodh Rai.

ALSO READ | Land-for-jobs rip-off: CBI raids RJD leaders forward of Bihar ground check; JDU says ‘not stunned’

Singh screamed earlier than reporters from the balcony of his Rajbanshi Nagar condominium, “It is clearly an intimidatory tactics. Why else is the raid being conducted today? We cannot even see the local police, who normally accompany CBI officials during raids.”

Singh can be the Chairman of Bihar State Cooperative Union (BISCOMAUN) and a staff of CBI officers was at his workplace close to Gandhi Maidan, about 5 kilometres away, as effectively.

CPI(ML) MLA Sandeep Saurav advised reporters outdoors the meeting, “These raids clearly show that the BJP has thrown constitutional propriety to the winds. No raid takes place at any leader of the party which is in power at the Centre as well as in so many states.”

BJP leaders, nonetheless, noticed it as a comeuppance for Kumar, their former ally, who not solely turned his again on them but in addition allied with “corrupt” events just like the RJD and the Congress.

“It is the RJD which is sitting on a heap of wealth and therefore its leaders are facing the heat. Nitish Kumar not only betrayed the mandate given to NDA for ruling Bihar but also tied up with the corrupt,” BJP chief and former minister Pramod Kumar mentioned.

“We are not worried about allegations of witch-hunting. Sonia Gandhi had knocked the doors of the Supreme Court. Nothing came of it,” he mentioned.

Incidentally, whereas Singh is the BISCOMAUN chairman, Karim and Ahmed personal personal medical schools at Katihar and Madhubani, respectively.