Lalu likely to hold virtual meeting with party leaders on Covid-19 situation

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who lately has acquired bail and are available out of jail in a fodder rip-off case, is likely to hold a virtual meeting with party leaders on May 9 on the Covid-19 situation in Bihar.

If party sources are to be believed, Mr. Prasad, who after being launched from jail is presently staying on the residence of his elder daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti in Delhi, would attend a virtual meeting with party MLAs, MPs, MLCs and different leaders relating to the Covid-19 situation within the State.

His youthful son and Leader of Opposition within the State Assembly Tejashwi Yadav too is claimed to be collaborating within the virtual meeting.

“Earlier a directive was issued to all party legislators and parliamentarians to stay at their respective constituencies and help common people during the pandemic disease. They have also been asked to visit every health centre in their respective areas to look at the health facilities there and provide all necessary help to people”, a senior State party chief mentioned whereas including, “our party chief may also hold a virtual meeting with all these party leaders to take stock of the situation in view of the surge in Covid-19 positive cases in the State”.

Bihar recorded 14,836 new Covid-19 instances on Wednesday with 61 deaths, taking complete variety of casualities due to Covid-19 in State to date to 2,987. Total energetic instances within the State has gone up to 1,13, 478.

Convicted in a number of fodder rip-off instances, Mr. Prasad was lately launched from jail after he acquired bail within the fraudulent withdrawal of ₹3.13 crore from Dumka treasury. The imprisoned RJD chief was shifted from Ranchi to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi for medical consideration as he has been affected by a number of illnesses.

After being launched, he went to keep at his daughter’s residence in Delhi in view of the Covid-19 pandemic illness.

Mr. Prasad has been out of politics ever since he was despatched to jail in Ranchi, Jharkhand in December 2017.

Meanwhile, on Thursday M.r Prasad tweeted to take on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the dismal well being infrastructure within the State.

“There should not be any nomenclature of this regime of saffronised Nitish Kumar. What to talk of oxygen, vaccine injection and beds, when even common medicines for fever are not available in Bihar. The Chief Minister will not give any reply over it”, he mentioned in his tweet in Hindi.