Tejashwi Yadav launches attack on Giriraj Singh after FIR registered against minister, 32 others in land grab case

Union minister Giriraj Singh is one of 33 people named in a case of land grabbing in Bihar, police said on Thursday.

The FIR against Singh and 32 others was lodged on February 2 by the order of a Special SC & ST court where the complainant had filed an application under Section 156(3) of CrPC seeking directions to police for registering a case against the accused, SHO of Danapur police station in Patna district Sandeep Kumar Singh told PTI.

Singh, BJP MP from Nawada, is Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

The complainant, Ram Narain Prasad, a resident of Asopur village, alleged that the accused grabbed a land parcel of two acres and six decimal that he owned. He claimed he was abused when he protested their action.

"As per the court order, an FIR has been lodged under relevant sections of the IPC and also the SC/ST Act. Further investigations are on", the SHO said.

The registration of the land grab case prompted Tejashwi Yadav, Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, to demand the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the BJP was an ally of his party JD(U).

"Nitish Kumar ji, don't hesitate. Speak up, awaken your inner voice and morality and rush to the Governor's House with your letter of resignation. Your dearest friend Giriraj Singh has grabbed three acres of land belonging to Dalits,” Yadav said in a tweet.

देश के सबसे बड़े अफ़वाह मियाँ और ख़ुलासा मास्टर सुशील मोदी के मुँह में दही जम गया है। उनके आका नीतीश कुमार बंगले पर बंगले लिए जा रहे है।उनके परम सहयोगी केंद्रीय मंत्री गिरीराज गरीबों की जमीन कब्ज़ा रहे है। सुशील मोदी इन मुद्दों पर बिल में घुस गए है। कहाँ छुप रहे हो ख़ुलासा मियाँ?

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) February 7, 2018

Yadav's tweet was an obvious dig at Kumar for having resigned as chief minister last July after Tejashwi Yadav's name cropped up in corruption cases including benami land deals. Tejashwi, RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son, was then the Deputy Chief Minister.

नीतीश कुमार जी,

शर्म ना करिए।
मुँह खोलिए।
अंतरात्मा जगाइये।
नैतिकता को बुलाइये।
गूँगे मत बनिए।
डरिए मत।

इस्तीफ़ा लिखकर गवर्नर हाउस जाइये। आपके परम दुलारे परम प्यारे मित्र और केंद्रीय मंत्री गिरीराज ने बिहार के दलितों की लगभग तीन एकड़ जमीन कब्ज़ा ली है।

ऐक्शन लीजिए, डरिए मत।

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) February 8, 2018

Kumar had also walked out of the 3-party Grand Alliance, which included the RJD and Congress, and formed government with the BJP.

In another tweet, Yadav also took potshots at Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who has been coming up with disclosures of alleged benami land transactions involving Lalu Prasad's family.

"Where are you, master of disclosures and rumours Sushil Modi? Your favorite Union minister Giriraj Singh has grabbed land belonging to Dalits. Why is SuMo keeping quiet? Do you have a share in the land?" Yadav said.

अरे कहाँ है ख़ुलासा मियाँ अफ़वाह मास्टर सुशील मोदी?

आपके चेहते केंद्रीय मंत्री गिरीराज ने दलितों की जमीन दबंगई से कब्ज़ा ली है।

ईमानदारी का फर्ज़ी ढोल पीटने वाले सुशील मोदी किस बिल में दुबक गए है?

सुमो के मुँह में दही क्यों जम गया है?

जमीन मे आपकी भी हिस्सेदारी है का?

बोलिए!

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) February 8, 2018

Meanwhile, reacting to the development, BJP spokesman Rajiv Ranjan said Giriraj Singh is a law abiding citizen and will present his side of the story before the court when the time comes. Attempts by some people to politicise the issue is deplorable, he said.

Giriraj Singh, too, responded to Yadav's allegations, saying he believed in the law and that justice would prevail.

तेजश्वी जी के ट्वीट से पहली जानकारी मिली,ऐसा प्रतीत होता है कि इसके आर्किटेक्ट वही है
FIR के मेरिट पर जानकारी के अभाव में कुछ नही कह सकता।
लेकिन कानून का हमेशा सहयोग करूँगा।
तेजस्वी जी अपने पिता जी के कन्विक्शन और उसके बाद डूबती राजद की नैया बचने पर चिंतन करे तो भला होगा। https://t.co/w5OFGszOfz

— Giriraj Singh (@girirajsinghbjp) February 8, 2018