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JD(U) chief bats for Rly Minister

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Even as the BJP went all out against Railway Minister PK Bansal, NDA convenor and JD(U) president Sharad Yadav on Saturday struck an entirely different note by coming out strongly in support of the senior Congress leader.

Virtually absolving Bansal of any fault, Yadav said: “If any relative of a political leader is involved in corruption then what is the fault of that leader. I have known Pawan Bansal for a long time. He has been in Parliament for a long time. What has he to do with it, if his nephew is taking bribeIJ”