Lalu Yadav gets bail from High Court right before Bihar elections but will remain in jail

Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fodder scam case related to Chaibasa treasury. case involves fraudulent withdrawals amounting to Rs 33.67 crore from Chaibasa treasury in undivided Bihar when Lalu Prasad was Chief Minister.

RJD chief, however, will have to remain in jail as he is serving time in ar case related to Dumka treasury. high court has asked Lalu to submit two personal bonds of Rs 50,000 each, and deposit penalty of Rs 2 lakh which was awarded by a special CBI court to secure his bail. It also sought his medical report and details of all those he has met during course of his treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi. Earlier, he was granted bail in Deoghar treasury case.

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A war of words broke out between RJD and BJP after verdict. RJD accused Nitish government of conspiring to keep Lalu in jail. Responding to same, BJP said that those in jail are paying price of crime y have committed. BJP also said that RJD should t insult judiciary. 

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Bihar Assembly elections 2020

Bihar goes to polls in three phases for its 243 assembly seats on October 28, vember 3 and vember 7. Keeping in view COVID-19 protocol, voting time has been increased by one hour. counting of votes will take place on vember 10.

NDA has anunced its seat-sharing formula: BJP will contest 121 seats and JD(U) will contest 115, while Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM will contest 7 seats. VIP party will be incorporated in BJP's seats. Mahgathbandhan has anunced Tejashwi Yadav as its CM face, and RJD-Congress has agreed on a 144-70 seat-sharing formula along with three or Communist parties contesting on 29 seats. re are three or alliances also that will contest elections this year namely Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) - JAP, ASP, SDP, and BMP,  United Democratic Secular Alliance (UDSA) - AIMIM-SJD and BSP-RLSP.

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In 2015 state polls, Mahagatbandhan comprising RJD, JD(U) and Congress won a whopping majority with 178 seats under leadership of Nitish Kumar. On or hand,  BJP-led alliance won from only 58 constituencies. On July 26, 2017, Nitish Kumar stepped down as CM citing irreconcilable differences with RJD over corruption allegations against Tejashwi Yadav and joined hands with its former ally BJP.

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