Nitish Kumar also suggested that BJP is going after the Rashtriya Janata Dal patriarch because their parties have joined forces against them Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar defends former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav after CBI filed a chargesheet in a job scam case. He said that he has seen... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): With an aim to unite the entire Opposition to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad will meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the national capital on Sunday.

Patna (Bihar) [India], August 17 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday met Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav for the first time since he formed a new government in the state after breaking the alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party.

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD leader Lalu Prasad who was discharged from AIIMS here around 3 am after being kept under observation overnight was brought to the hospital again on Wednesday and admitted in a general ward official sources saidThe former Bihar chief minister 73 was first shifted to AIIMS Delhi at around 9 pm on Tuesday after being referred by a medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS Ranchi as his health condition deteriorated therePrasad was kept under observation in the emergency department overnight He was evaluated and discharged at around 3 am a source here said on Wednesday morningHe was brought to the emergency department around 1230 pm again and has been admitted in a general ward under Dr D Bhowmik a professor in the department of Nephrology the source saidPrasad was sentenced by a special CBI court to five years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh on February 21 after being convicted in the embezzlement of Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury in the fodder scamThe court had convicted Prasad on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after hearing the arguments virtuallyThe incarcerated politician suffers from multiple ailments including renal problems Prasads creatinine level has increased to 46 which was earlier at 35 Blood sugar and blood pressure have been fluctuating The sugar level is hovering between 150 and 200 mgdl Dr Vidyapati who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad had said TuesdayHis kidney is functioning at 15-20 per cent capacity he had said PTI PLB TIR TIR

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD leader Lalu Prasad who was discharged from AIIMS here around 3 am after being kept under observation overnight was brought to the emergency department again around 1230 pm Wednesday sources saidThe former Bihar chief minister 73 was brought to AIIMS here at around 9 pm on Tuesday after being referred by a medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS Ranchi as his health condition deteriorated therePrasad was kept under observation in the emergency department overnight He was evaluated and discharged at around 3 am a source here said on Wednesday morningHe was brought back to the emergency department around 1230 pm again the source said later onPrasad was sentenced by a special CBI court to five years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh on February 21 after being convicted in the embezzlement of Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury in the fodder scamThe court had convicted Prasad on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after hearing the arguments virtuallyThe incarcerated politician suffers from multiple ailments including renal problems Prasads creatinine level has increased to 46 which was earlier at 35 Blood sugar and blood pressure have been fluctuating The sugar level is hovering between 150 and 200 mgdl Dr Vidyapati who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad had said TuesdayHis kidney is functioning at 15-20 per cent capacity he had said PTI PLB TIR TIR

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD leader Lalu Prasad who was brought to AIIMS here on Tuesday was kept under observation overnight in the emergency department before being discharged at around 3 am official sources saidThe former Bihar chief minister 73 was brought to AIIMS here at around 9 pm on Tuesday after being referred by a medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS Ranchi as his health condition deteriorated therePrasad was kept under observation in the Emergency department overnight He was evaluated and was discharged at around 3 am a source here said Prasad was sentenced by a special CBI court to five years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh on February 21 after being convicted in the embezzlement of Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury in the fodder scamThe court had convicted Prasad on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after hearing the arguments virtuallyThe incarcerated politician suffers from multiple ailments including renal problems Prasads creatinine level has increased to 46 which was earlier at 35 Blood sugar and blood pressure have been fluctuating The sugar level is hovering between 150 and 200 mgdl Dr Vidyapati who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad had said TuesdayHis kidney is functioning at 15-20 per cent capacity he had said PTI PLB TIR TIR

Ranchi Mar 22 PTI Incarcerated Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD supremo Lalu Prasads health condition has deteriorated and he will be shifted to AIIMS New Delhi for better treatment officials said on Tuesday A medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS here referred him to AIIMS New Delhi The former Bihar chief minister is most likely to be shifted to the hospital in the national capital on Tuesday itself they said Dr Vidyapati who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad told PTI The medical board has recommended that Prasad be referred to AIIMS New Delhi as his condition has deteriorated We have forwarded the recommendation to the jail superintendent Prasad was sentenced by a special CBI court to five years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh on February 21 after being convicted in the embezzlement of Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury in the fodder scam The court had convicted Prasad on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after virtually hearing the arguments Prasads creatinine level has increased to 46 which was earlier at 35 Blood sugar and blood pressure have been fluctuating The sugar level is hovering between 150 and 200 mgdl Dr Vidyapati said The ebullient politician suffers from multiple ailments including renal problems His kidney is functioning at 15-20 per cent capacity Dr Vidyapati said Jharkhand IG Prisons Manoj Kumar said The order has been given to shift Lalu Prasad to AIIMS New Delhi As per procedure the jail superintendent on basis of medical board recommendations sought formal permission for shifting the convicted patient to another hospital Kumar said that the jail superintendent in coordination with the district administration will make arrangements for shifting the patient either by train or air ambulance Sources said that Prasad will most likely be shifted to the hospital in the national capital during the day After his conviction in the Rs 13935 crore Doranda treasury embezzlement case the fifth and final one against him in the fodder scam the ailing 73-year-old was lodged in the Birsa Munda Central Jail and then shifted to state-run RIMS on health grounds In jail since December 2017 Prasad served most of his sentence period at the RIMS He was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi in January last year after his health condition deteriorated PTI SAN NAM ACD ACD

Patna Feb 22 PTI The political fraternity in Bihar on Tuesday racked its brains on Chief Minister Nitish Kumars worthiness for the post of the President of India which is to fall vacant in a few months from now The ball has been set rolling by Maharashtra leader Nawab Malik who said that his party headed by Sharad Pawar was ready to back the JDU leader for the countrys highest constitutional office if the latter snapped ties with BJP When Kumar was approached by journalists he replied with folded hands This matter is not at the back of my mind There was no reaction so far from BJP his ally in Bihar which rules the Centre with majority in Lok Sabha but may have to depend heavily on the support of other parties to get a candidate of its choice elected as the president The tenure of President Ram Nath Kovind ends in July The electoral college comprises members of both houses of Parliament besides legislative assemblies of states and union territories There were mixed reactions from the RJD founded and headed by Kumars arch rival Lalu Prasad on the chief ministers name doing the rounds for the top job in the country Prasads maverick elder son Tej Pratap Yadav questioned how could a murder accused be elected to the top post He was referring to a nearly three decades old case in which Kumar has been acquitted by Supreme Court Upset over his fathers conviction in yet another fodder scam case he declared petulantly Lalu ji will become the prime minister RJD spokesmen Mrityunjay Tiwari and Shakti Yadav came up with a more nuanced response Tiwari said As a Bihari I will be proud if a leader from the state became the president but alleged that Kumar once seen as prime minister material by Laluji himself had lost his credibility following his realignment with BJP Shakti Yadav recalled Kumars own stance in the last two presidential elections when he had supported candidates fielded by coalitions opposed to the ones he was part of The JDU leader had supported Pranab Mukherjee despite then being with the NDA and supported Kovind who was fielded by the BJP though he was then in the Grand Alliance which included RJD and Congress Yadav added tongue in cheek The president is supreme commander of the armed forces If people start getting elected to such a post with the backing of a PR agency then the country is definitely headed for interesting times The jibe was aimed at Prashant Kishor famous political strategist and a former aide of Kumar who had met the Bihar chief minister during his recent Delhi trip It is being reported in a section of the media that Kishor who has worked in his professional capacity with almost every prominent political party in the country is playing a role in getting non-BJP parties back Kumar by way of demonstrating opposition unity The JDU is predictably gratified with the hubbub and state minister Shravan Kumar a confidant of Kumar ebulliently asserted that the Bihar chief minister deserved to be at the top Former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi showered praise on Kumar who had helped him reach the states highest seat of power He is suited for the highest offices As far as I am concerned when chief ministership came my way I did not flinch from accepting the challenge I am game for any future challenges said Manjhi who has a reputation for loquaciousness Meanwhile LJP leader Chirag Paswan who seems intent on making a career out of attacks on Kumar bristled at the sudden spotlight on the septuagenarian In a tweet he taunted Kumar for not denying the speculations and charged him with pursuing his own ambitions while leaving the state in ruins PTI NAC KK KK KK

Patna Feb 21 PTI Unfazed by prison sentence in yet another fodder scam case RJD president Lalu Prasad on Monday declared that he will continue to fight against those who make people fight with each other - an oblique reference to the BJP and its alleged politics of communal polarization Prasad in judicial custody at Ranchi since he was convicted last week made the declamation on his official Twitter handle which people close to him manage on his behalf soon after a special CBI court sentenced him to five years in jail besides imposing a Rs 60 lakh fine In Patna his younger son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav said people will respond with vote ki chot electoral backlash in poll-bound neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and again the Lok Sabha elections scheduled in 2024 Prasad who got bail last summer after spending nearly three years behind bars avoided taking any names in his couple of tweets both in Hindi His son though minced no words in charging agencies like CBI and ED with having become a prakoshth wing of the BJP which has been ruling the Centre for seven years Yadav alleged that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had been lured by BJP with a promise of reprieve in corruption cases but was being hounded upon return to the NCP headed by uncle Sharad Pawar Claiming that his father was innocent Yadav pointed out that as the then Bihar chief minister Prasad had himself initiated action in the fodder scam and hoped justice will be done when their appeal was decided by the High Court But fodder scam involved only a thousand crores Under the NDA government headed by Nitish Kumar Bihar has witnessed siphoning off of two lakh crores But there has been no action alleged Yadav who had served as Kumars deputy for two years until the JDU leader snapped ties with RJD Nonetheless the leader of the opposition claimed that his father enjoyed unflinching support of the people of Bihar as evident from RJD emerging as the single largest party in assembly polls in 2015 and again five years later PTI NAC MM MM

Patna (Bihar) [India], February 21 (ANI): Reacting to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) claiming that former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was trapped by the BJP in the fodder scam case, former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday said that the charges against the BJP are baseless as when the RJD leader's chargesheet was filed and his first sentence was given, BJP was not in power at the Centre.