CBI raids on RJD party leaders in connection with land-for-railways jobs scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday raided the residences of two Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders, Ashfaque Karim and Sunil Singh, in connection with the alleged “land-for-railways” job scam, which dates back to Lalu Prasad Yadav’s tenure as Union Minister in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

The raids were carried out on a day when the Nitish Kumar-led government backed by RJD takes a test of majority in the Assembly, two weeks after the Janata Dal (United) parted ways with the BJP and joined hands with RJD.

CBI teams reached the homes of RJD’s Rajya Sabha MP Ahmad Ashfaque Karim and a Member of Legislative Council in Bihar, Sunil Singh this morning. “This is being done intentionally. There is no meaning. They are doing it hoping that our MLAs will join them out of fear,” Mr Singh said after his Patna home was raided.

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Reacting to the raids, RJD RS MP Manoj Jha said, “Useless to say that it’s a raid by ED or IT or CBI, it’s a raid by BJP. They work under BJP now, their offices run with BJP script. Today is Floor Test (in Bihar Assembly) and what’s happening here? It has become predictable.”

“Our Deputy CM said in the meeting yesterday that they will reach this level now. It didn’t take even 24 hours. They stooped down even lower. What is this anger? That a Govt didn’t run as per you? That it changed the alliance for public welfare,” he asked.

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