Lalu has been found guilty of misusing Rs. 37 crore when he was - TopicsExpress



          

Lalu has been found guilty of misusing Rs. 37 crore when he was chief minister 17 years ago. The case is related to a larger scam which saw huge amounts of government money - nearly 950 crores - being used to pay fictitious bills for medicines and fodder for cattle.Lalu Prasad will go to jail after being found guilty of corruption when he was chief minister of Bihar. The conviction means he stands disqualified immediately as a member of parliament, according to a recent Supreme Court judgement. Former chief minister Jagannath Mishra was also convicted by a Ranchi court, along with six other politicians, two of who belong to the ruling Janata Dal-United.The BJP had alleged last week that the Congress wanted to use its special constitutional powers to hurriedly introduce the ordinance to protect Lalu, who proved a loyal ally of the Congress. ndtv/article/cheat-sheet/lalu-prasad-found-guilty-in-fodder-scam-will-be-jailed-425592?curl=1380523092
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:41:43 +0000

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