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Former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and former chief minister Rabri Devi appeared before the Delhi Patiala House Court on Friday in connection with the IRCTC scam case.
New Delhi: Former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and former chief minister Rabri Devi appeared before the Delhi Patiala House Court on Friday in connection with the Indian Railway and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case. The Delhi court has granted bail to all accused, including Tejashwi and Rabri Devi. NEW DELHI:
Lalu Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav and wife Rabri Devi were granted bail in a corruption case this morning by a court in Delhi. A day after Lalu Yadav had to surrender following the end of his parole, the court decision comes as a huge reprieve for his family as well as the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
A judge took just a few minutes to announce bail for Tejashwi Yadav, who was present in court with his mother Rabri Devi.
Lalu Yadav's younger son, widely seen as his political heir, has been accused by the CBI in a corruption case that triggered his party's split with Nitish Kumar last year and left the RJD out of power.
With his father is in jail in three corruption cases, Tejashwi Yadav has been leading the party and its offensive against Nitish Kumar and the BJP. Party leaders say had he not been granted bail, it would ruin their chances in the general election due next year.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ended his alliance with Lalu Yadav in July 2017 a few weeks after the CBI filed the case naming Tejashwi Yadav, who was the Deputy Chief Minister in his government.
Despite signals from Nitish Kumar's party, Tejashwi had refused to quit while his father Lalu Yadav insisted that the case was the outcome of the BJP's "vendetta politics".
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