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Sunita Kejriwal preparing to hold CM’s post like Rabri Devi did in Bihar: Hardeep Puri

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Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri. | Photo Credit: PTI Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday compared Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s wife Sunita to former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, and said she is perhaps preparing to hold the post of her husband. “The madam you are naming is perhaps preparing to hold the post like Rabri Devi did in Bihar,” the senior BJP leader told reporters in New Delhi at the inauguration of the Delhi BJP’s election office. The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs was responding to a question about Sunita Kejriwal who has been briefing media on behalf of her husband, since his arrest by the ED last week. Earlier in the day, Sunita Kejriwal launched a WhatsApp campaign, urging people to support her husband, who is in ED custody in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case. In a digital media briefing, she said her husband has challenged the “most corrupt and dictatorial forces” in the country and asked people to support him through their blessings and …

Rabri Devi among four RJD candidates for Bihar Legislative Council poll

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Rabri Devi. | Photo Credit: RANJEET KUMAR Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi is among the candidates announced by the Rashtriya Janata Dal on Friday for the State Legislative Council election, slated to be held on March 21. The party’s other candidates are former State Finance Minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui, the former State president of the party’s women’s wing Urmila Thakur, and the party’s national general secretary Faisal Ali. The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) has fielded its women’s wing leader Sashi Yadav as the party’s nominee for the election. There is no candidate from the Congress party this time under the mahagathbandhan, or the Opposition’s grand alliance. The RJD’s State chief Jagdanand Singh released the list of the mahagathbandhan candidates. In fact, Mr. Singh’s name was also doing the rounds for this election, but party sources told The Hindu that he withdrew his candidature after the RJD’s top leadership assured him of a Lok Sabha ticket for his son Sudhakar Singh, who was a former State Agriculture Minister under the mahagathbandhan government. However, he …

Amid Defections In Lalu Yadav’s Party, Rabri Devi Cautions Nitish Kumar

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“If there is anybody who needs to worry, it is Nitish Kumar,” Rabri Devi said. Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi today asserted that defection of MLAs belonging to her RJD and ally Congress should “worry” incumbent Nitish Kumar, the JD(U) president who recently tied up with BJP, and he should “see the writing on the wall”. Rabri Devi, who is the wife of RJD’s founding president Lalu Prasad Yadav, also claimed that the BJP was poaching her MLAs out of the belief that the political battle in Bihar was between the two parties. “It is now RJD versus BJP in Bihar. There is no third force of consequence. This is something the BJP knows, a reason why it is trying to wean away our people,” said the RJD national vice president. “But we are not worried. If there is anybody who needs to worry, it is Nitish Kumar. He needs to see the writing on the wall. It is not for nothing that the BJP is trying to increase its own strength in …

Lalu Yadav’s Wife Rabri Devi, 2 Daughters Misa Bharti, Hema Yadav Get Bail In Land-For-Jobs Case

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The accused appeared before the court in pursuance to the summons issued by the court. New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday granted interim bail to former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav till February 28 in the Railways land-for-job case. Special Judge Vishal Gogne granted relief to the three after the ED claimed that it needed time to file arguments on their regular bail application. The accused appeared before the court in pursuance to the summons issued by the court in the case after taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the ED. During the proceedings, the court asked the ED why it needed the accused’s custody when it had not arrested them during its investigation.  (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) Source link

Delhi court summons former Bihar CM Rabri Devi, 2 daughters in land for job scam | Latest News India

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A Delhi court on Saturday summoned former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, her two daughters Hema Yadav and Misa Bharti, along with other accused in a case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding the land for job scam, while taking cognizance of a chargesheet filed by the agency. RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav with his wife Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti (behind Lalu) in Patna. (File Photo) “The complaint prima facie disclosed the deriving or obtaining of multiple properties both at undervalued rates in lieu of government employment ….. The court finds sufficient material to take cognizance of the complaint and finds cogent grounds to issue summons”, said special judge Vishal Gogne. Stay tuned for all the latest updates on Ram Mandir! Click here The court has issued summons to all the accused and directed them to appear on February 9. The federal probe agency had named Rabri Devi, her two daughters along with a former railway employee Hridayanand Chaudhary and Amit Katyal as accused. They had also named two companies, A. K. …

RJD sees ED’s chargesheet against Rabri, Lalu’s daughters as vendetta politics

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File picture of RJD Chief Lalu Prasad along with former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav | Photo Credit: RANJEET KUMAR The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has alleged that the Centre, in its quest to settle scores with political opponents, has started targeting the daughters of Opposition leaders. The party was responding to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) chargesheet against five persons, including former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and her daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav, and two companies, in the alleged land-for-jobs money laundering case on Tuesday.  RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha said the ED’s decision to add the names of RJD leaders, including Rabri Devi and Misa Bharti, in the charge-sheet was politically motivated. He added that the Centre was not leaving even the daughters of Opposition politicians in its vindictive politics. Mr. Jha said the case was fictitious and both the Indian Railways and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had found no substance in the allegations. He said First Information Reports (FIR) were filed in 2008 at …

More trouble for Lalu’s family, ED chargesheet against Rabri Devi, daughters | Latest News India

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Rabri Devi and her daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav in a land-for-jobs money laundering case. The chargesheet has been filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi, reported news agency PTI citing sources. The court is reportedly set to hear the matter on January 16. Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Rabri Devi.(ANI File) According to reports, an alleged close aide of RJD chief Lalu Yadav’s family Amit Katyal, along with other individuals and companies have been named in the 4,751-page chargesheet. Notably, Katyal was arrested in November last year in connection with the case. The Delhi high court refused to quash the ED proceedings against him. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here The federal agency has issued summons to Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and Lalu Yadav previously several times, but they have not yet deposed. In December, Lalu hit …