Interestingly, it was Lalu Prasad Yadav himself who had ordered the probe, this was the level of confidence which can hardly be fathomed today. The scam had its origins in very small scale embezzlement and fraud by some government employees submitting false expense reports for non existent livestock, it then grew in scale and drew additional elements, such as politicians, bureaucrats and businesses, over time, until a full-fledged mafia had formed.
The bigger scam itself was the collaboration of so many people from different political parties, administrative blocks and businessmen including state machinery which itself had to investigate a case which it itself is accused of. This was the most potent money mining machinery for power hungry people before kidnapping industry flourished in Bihar which somehow was incidental to past events.
Since it broke into public light, the fodder scam had become symbolic of bureaucratic corruption and the depravity of moral stature of politics in India generally, and in Bihar in particular. The investigation and prosecution in the Fodder Scam was deeply entrenched by the political consideration and motive. For making a strong against case against the politicians and the bureaucrats, CBI launched the prosecution against majority of the officials including lower rung staffs, which did not have any nexus with the scam.
Many employees of the department were suspended and sentenced by the Courts, against whom there were evidence or direct involvement in the scam and those directly responsible were ruling indirectly by substituting their family members for their coveted positions.
Lalu Prasad and former Bihar chief Jagannath Mishra, was also sentenced to five years in prison in the case. The conviction and the quantum of punishment was delivered in a case related to the Chaibasa Treasury from which Rs Lalu Prasad was convicted in the first fodder scam case in and awarded five years in jail. The RJD supremo was not present in court when the judge delivered the case alphabetically but Lalu Prasad reached the court after the verdict was delivered, His lawyer was present during the verdict.
It may be recalled that OVER INR crore fodder scam cases relate to illegal withdrawal of money from the government treasury in different districts in the animal husbandry department in undivided Bihar in the s when RJD was ruling the State. Economic and social development took a back-seat, the kidnapping industry in and around Patna progressed, forced weddings increased and anybody and everybody, who could leave the state, actually did.
But despite all this Lalu Yadav managed to survive and stay relevant for a period of close to 20 years, first as the Chief Minister of Bihar and then as the Minister of Railways. Luck had an important part to play, right from the very beginning. Firstpost Conversations 9 Months S.
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