Government may take cognisance of land-related cases against Lalu, says Bihar dy CM

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha connected Thursday (January 1, 2025) hinted that the Revenue and Land Reforms section whitethorn instrumentality cognisance of reports that RJD supremo Lalu Prasad holds amerciable landed property.

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His connection came aft JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar requested the authorities to inquire into specified spot of Mr. Prasad.

"If idiosyncratic brings an exertion to Jan Kalyan Samvad successful this regard, our officials… our authorities volition surely instrumentality cognisance," said Mr. Sinha who besides holds the Revenue and Land Reforms portfolio.

He was responding to a question whether helium volition enactment connected the JD(U) spokesperson's request.

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Mr. Sinha has been holding 'Bhoomi Sudhar Jan Kalyan Samvad' meetings crossed respective districts of Bihar. In those meetings, section officials and radical having grievances implicit land-related matters sermon their issues successful his beingness to lick the problems quickly.

Mr. Sinha lately faced flak from officers regarding the connection helium allegedly utilized against officers of the section during specified a nationalist hearing.

The Bihar Revenue Service Association (BiRSA) has made a ailment against the behaviour of Mr. Sinha successful a missive to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The missive claimed that the remarks made by the lawman CM had "not lone profoundly damaged the dignity of the state's gross administration, but besides deliberately made an full work cadre the taxable of nationalist ridicule and outrage."

To a question connected Thursday, helium asserted that helium volition proceed holding Jan Kalyan Samvad meetings.

"As agelong arsenic I americium here, I volition proceed moving against mafias. The enactment has fixed maine the accidental to service the radical and I volition proceed doing this," Mr. Sinha said.

He thanked the radical of Bihar for providing him the accidental to serve.

"It is our work to guarantee that they (people of Bihar) don't person to shed tears and look trouble," Mr. Sinha said.