Fodder Scam: Lalu Prasad Yadav calls himself a victim of BJP politics

Ranchi : Moments after verdict in Fodder scam was pronounced by the Special CBI court, Lalu Prasad Yadav blamed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of fixing him.

“I will die happily fixing myself for social justice, harmony & equality,” Yadav said in the tweet.

Post his conviction in a case in December, his family and representatives have been handling the Twitter account of the RJD chief.

The Special CBI Court has awarded him a 3.5 years of jail and Rs 5 lakh fine after finding guilty in one of the Fodder scams.

Soon after quantum of sentence, his son Tejashwi Yadav said that the family will now approach High Court for his bail.

He accused the Narendra Modi government and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of framing the charges against his family to wipe out the opposition, News18 reported.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal chief also wrote a letter to his followers, images of which were posted on his Twitter account. “I’m writing this letter to all of you to remind you of the injustice...” the letter read.

Senior JD(U) leader and party spokesperson KC Tyagi called the judgment a “historic decision in Bihar politics”. “It is the end of a chapter,” he told ANI.