Hours after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumargave 4-day ultimatum to his deputy Tejashwi Yadav to come out clean of corruption allegations in land-for-hotel case, RJD chief Lalu Yadav has come out in support of minister son. In his first interview after last week's CBI raids on his family and associates, the former Bihar CM categorically ruled out Tejashwi resigning from Nitish Kumar's Cabinet. Lalu described the CBI raids as part of a conspiracy hatched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah to "finish off him and his party - RJD". The BJP is nervous and trying to break the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) by luring Nitish Kumar. Sushil Kumar Modi is just a puppet, he speaks what the central leadership asks him to.

Source: India Today July 12, 2017 04:35 UTC