INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
surrounding RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's ongoing Samvidhan Bachao Yatra, posters were put up in Nawada district ahead of his arrival there
featuring him with local MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav who is in jail for allegedly raping a minor girl.The RJD heir apparent, however, brushed
aside the incident, saying he was in Patna while the posters were being put up in the central Bihar town by enthusiastic supporters.The
former deputy chief minister also said the MLA was facing trial and was yet to be proven guilty by court.The ruling JD(U) in the state shot
off an open letter to his mother and RJD national vice-president Rabri Devi, cautioning her against her sons hobnobbing with people who were
"synonymous with terror for the women of Bihar"."Is it necessary to bestow honour on a rape accused Your husband Lalu Prasad is serving
sentences in corruption cases
Is it essential to be corrupt and a rape accused for upholding the virtues of social justice and communal harmony," JD(U) spokesman Neeraj
Kumar said in his letter."The people your son has been of late hobnobbing with and the person whose image can be found on posters and
banners in Nawada ahead of your sons visit, have been synonymous with terror for the women of Bihar," he said.Mr Kumar asked if as a woman,
she would herself favour other woman living in a state of perennial terror.His remarks came in the backdrop of Tejashwi Yadav's visit to
districts like East Champaran, Gopalganj and Siwan last week as part of the statewide tour which was mired in controversies on account of
reports of the RJD leader maintaining close links with people with criminal backgrounds.His tour of Siwan was marked by a visit to the
village of Mohd Shahabuddin, one of the most dreaded history-sheeter politicians of Bihar
His life sentence in a double murder case was upheld by the Supreme Court.Shahabuddin's wife, Hina, had shared the stage with the RJD heir
apparent at his Siwan rally.This was followed by a photograph showing Yadav sharing the stage with a criminal named Suresh Chaudhary in
in East Champaran district.Upon reaching Nawada, Tejashwi Yadav told reporters, "I could not have preempted, while in Patna, what
enthusiastic supporters were going to do in Nawada.""Moreover, Raj Vallabh Yadav is yet to be proven guilty by a court
He has been named an accused but so am I
I am out on bail," he said.The former Bihar Deputy chief minister was named as an accused in a money laundering case lodged by central
He got bail by a Delhi court recently.Training guns at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is also the JD(U) national president, Mr Yadav
claimed his name had cropped up in a murder case."The Delhi High Court imposed a cost on him in another case relating to plagiarism
Before pointing fingers at others, JD(U) leaders need to question their leader," he said.
