RJD supremo Lalu Prasad has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Monday after being convicted in fodder scam case. Along with Lalu, JD (U) MP Jagdish Sharma, was also disqualified.
Lalu was convicted and sent to jail for five years in Rs 37.7 crore RC 20 A/96 case where in 56 people had withdrew money showing on fake fodder bills from Chaibasa treasury in the 1996. Lalu had to resign as the chief minister in 1997 and sent to jail for brief period.
Lalu Prasad who is currently spending his imprisonment in the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi, cannot contest elections for 11 years.
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