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ED Calls Lalu and son for questioning in job-for-land scam

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  Politics of revenge once again! The ED calls former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday right after the INDI Alliance meeting on Tuesday. Tejashwi Yadav, the current deputy chief minister of the state, has also been summoned. ED has summoned Lalu Prasad on December 27 and Tejashwi Yadav on December 22 before that. ED summoned them once again for questioning in job for land scam case. After this, the opposition has raised allegations of revenge. Without being able to deal with their complaints politically, the BJP government at the center has again tried to suppress the voice of the opposition by using the agency. Incidentally, Lalu Prasad was granted bail in the case filed against him in exchange for land in October. Lalu's wife and another former chief minister of Bihar Rabri Devi and their son Tejashwi Yadav were also granted bail by a Delhi court. During Lalu's tenure as Railway Minister in the first UPA government (2004-09), there were allegations t...