Lalu Prasad Yadav and 44 others were on September 30 convicted by the special CBI court in the fodder scam case involving fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore from Chaibasa treasury during the Lalu-led RJD regime. Lalu was sentenced to jail for five years. The conviction disqualifies him from Parliament and renders him ineligible for contesting elections for at least six years. He is currently out on bail.
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