NEW DELHI:
RJD leader and son of
Lalu Prasad Yadav,
Tejashwi Yadav today claimed that BJP would have given his father title of 'Raja Harischandra' had he aligned himself with the party. He also accused Bihar CM Nitish Kumar of being insecure of Lalu and colluding with BJP to play dirty politics of creating negative perception about Lalu.
"If Lalu ji had done compromise with BJP, he would be the most truthful person for them like Raja Harishchandra. It is clear that the BJP-RSS combine is scared of Lalu even while he is in jail and is doing all that it can to silence Lalu's voice," said Tejashwi, while addressing a press conference.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad was today sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment by a special CBI court in the second
fodder scam case in which he was found guilty.
Tejashwi, who was the former deputy CM of Bihar, said that he along with Lalu's lawyers will go to High Court and even Supreme Court to appeal against the sentencing.
"We have full faith in judiciary. It is a conspiracy to break RJD by RSS in which Lalu ji was made a scapegoat. But they should remember that we still have High Court and Supreme Court to appeal against the judgement by CBI court," said Tejashwi.
"Come what may Lalu will never get scared, nor will he even kneel down. In fact, he will always stick to his ideology," added Tejashwi.
Tejashwi accused NDA government of hatching a plot against Lalu for he was the only force that was uniting opposition ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
"The recent Gujarat elections have proved that only Lalu can challenge NDA and RSS in this country," Tejashwi claimed.
Lalu's younger son Tej Pratap too expressed confidence in judiciary and said Lalu would easily get bail, reported ANI. He assured that his family was not going to get bogged down by the judgment.
