A delegation, led by senior BJP leader Sushil Modi, met Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Monday, seeking the disqualification of lalu Yadav's son and Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap's Assembly membership claiming that he didn't disclose his assets in his election affidavit.
The BJP leader accused Tej Pratap of not declaring his source of income and dubious land deals in Aurangabad district in his election affidavit.
Modi had said Tej Pratap concealed the fact from both the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the State Government that he owns prime land worth Rs 15 crore in Aurangabad district in Bihar.
The BJP leader accused that Tej Pratap used the land to set up lara Automobile a company, details of which were not mentioned in the affidavit he submitted with the Election Commission before the 2015 Assembly election.
Modi had earlier claimed Tej Pratap, who resigned as the managing director of the company after 2015 Assembly polls, continues to hold the maximum number of shares (2.51 lakh), along with his mother Rabri Devi (1.17 lakh) and sisters Misa Bharti (1,000), Chanda Yadav (2,000) and Ragini (1 lakh) who are all directors in the company.
"It is beyond anyone's comprehension as to why he has not declared the property valued at Rs 15 crore in official records," the senior BJP leader had alleged.As per Modi, Tej Pratap had purchased land for Rs . 53.34 lakh in Aurangabad district in 2010 from seven people, but didn't declare it in his election affidavit in the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections. He didn't even mention it in the annual assets declaration before the State Government.
"It is beyond anyone's comprehension as to why he has not declared the property valued at Rs 15 crore in official records," he added.