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The BJP Saturday asked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to break his silence and take action against his ally Lalu Prasad over the purported telephonic conversation the latter had with jailed gangster Mohammad Shahabuddin.
Briefing media in New Delhi, Senior Party leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad accused the RJD chief of breaking law by hobnobbing with a man convicted of murder and accused in over 30 serious cases, saying the development was text book case of constitutional impropriety.
He said, Lalu Prasad wields big influence in the Bihar government and Shahabuddin continues to run administration in Siwan and neighbouring areas. The Minister also took a swipe at the opposition parties over their attempts to forge unity against the ruling BJP.
He questioned, whether the opposition leaders are going to compromise with such heinous crimes to expand their secular umbrella. Mr Prasad said that country’s polity was moving away from corruption and crime but the development showed leaders like Lalu Prasad continue to practice the same old politics.
A private news channel today played purported telephonic conversation between Lalu Prasad and Shahabuddin, in which the Siwan leader is heard complaining against the local Superintendent of Police and asking him to take action. The RJD chief is then heard asking an aide to connect him to the SP.