The much publicised book Lalu Leela authored by Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi was released on Thursday on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Loknayak Jaya Prakash Narayan. Incidentally, both Lalu and Modi were disciples of JP and product of his anti-corruption movement.
But the book has documented “corrupt” practices of Lalu and amassing of huge wealth and assets by him and his family. Lalu and his wife Rabri Devi remained Chief Minister uninterrupted for 15 years. Later on Lalu was Railway Minister in UPA 1 under Manmohan Singh for five years.
“Lalu Pariwar is a Ghotala pariwar. He continued with his corrupt practices despite going to jail and convicted in fodder scam. He implicated his entire family in corruption. Tejashwi Prasad Yadav was just a kid when all these corruptions took place,” said Modi at the book launching function where several senior BJP leaders and Union Ministers were present. The BJP is also likely to use this book in next election against main rival RJD.
Modi has alleged that for making Ministers, MPs and legislators Lalu asked his partymen to donate him acres of land. Those who complied included Raghunath Jha and Kanti Singh, both former Union Ministers, said Modi with documentary evidences. In order make black money white Lalu coerced Lalan Choudhary, a BPL person, railway khalasi Hridyanand Choudhary and landless persons Prabhunath Yadav, Chandrakanta Devi and Subhash Choudhary. The documents showed these people gifted their precious lands in the name of Lalu’s kin, said the BJP leader.
Modi further said that to amass benami land, Lalu misused his family as well as the families of his married daughters and transferred the landed properties through them after himself purchasing the plots in their name and later transferred in the name of his kin.
“Lalu left behind Robert Wadra in using shell companies for grabbing properties. He amassed properties not only for wife, sons and daughters but their next three generations. Lalu is the name of the greed for amassing more and more assets,” said Modi.
Hours before the release of the book the Government intensified security of Sushil Modi. Both Nitish and Modi were present at another function and the CM was seen calling the Senior SP and DM of Patna and gave them necessary directives.
There was no reaction from Lalu family on this book. Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav who has a knack of tweeting on every issue also remained silent. Bihar RJD president Ram Chandra Purbe said the book was a bunch of lies. “Modi is using name of Lalu only to remain in the limelight. The world knows that Lalu is the man always ready to take on RSS and BJP,” he said.