HD Deve Gowda ‘framed’ Lalu Prasad Yadav in fodder scam, not BJP, says Jagannath Mishra

According to Mishra, when the fodder scam case surfaced and gained prominence at the national level, the then Central government led by IK Gujaral and HD Deve Gowda were in power. “Deve Godwa has framed Lalu in the fodder scam,” he said. Mishra said his name was deliberately included in the scam on the instruction of then Congress president Sitaram Kesri.

Lalu Prasad was on last Saturday convicted in a fodder scam case by a special CBI court in Ranchi and Mishra as well as six others were acquitted. The quantum of punishment will be announced on January 3. The case relates to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 84.5 lakh from the Deoghar district treasury. Lalu Prasad has been lodged in a jail in Ranchi.