“Lalu Prasad Yadav appears before ED: How the fodder scam convict’s dark past has been forgotten to hail him as a politician with ‘unyielding integrity”, Opindia, January 30, 2024:
“On 29th January, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in the “Land for Job” scam. Social media was flooded with posts in support of Yadav, who has become their favourite as he opposes the Narendra Modi-led government at the centre.
In recent times, it has become a trend of selective amnesia among certain sections of the public as they relentlessly support Lalu Prasad Yadav even though he is a convict in a fodder scam. It seems as if Yadav’s “charismatic political persona” has clouded the judgment of the left-liberals, anti-Modi activists and a special section of journalists. They not only overlook the gravity of the charges Yadav faced but also ignore the legal pronouncements that followed.
Dubious journalist of The Wire, Arfa Khanum Sherwani, called Lalu Prasad Yadav resilient and courageous. She said, “Lalu Yadav will go down in history as the most resilient and courageous politician who did not bend his principles nor bowed down before the fascist forces despite everything they did to him…..”
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