Delhi Court Charges Lalu, Rabri, Tejashwi in IRCTC Scam

Less than a month before assembly polls in Bihar, a Delhi court on Monday framed charges against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Bihar CM Rabri Devi and their son and leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav in the alleged IRCTC scam case.

The two-phase assembly elections in Bihar will be held on November 6 and 11. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), headed by Lalu Prasad Yadav, is one of the major political parties in the state.

Special Judge Vishal Gogne said there was a prima facie



case against the accused and grave suspicion regarding the land transfers. 

Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi, the former CMs, and Tejashwi Yadav, the former deputy chief minister and leader of opposition in the Bihar legislative assembly, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial after the charges were read over to them by the judge. 

The trial is likely to commence in the last week of October. The issue which may be used by their political opponents in the upcoming poll campaign.