RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav offers deputy CM post to the son of former chief minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi. However, his son has refused to accept the offer and expressed solidarity with the NDA.

Sources in both the BJP and the JD(U) suggested such a possibility but it remained unclear if Kumar, the unquestioned leader of his party, has finalised a deal with the BJP top brass.

While Prasad has been asked to depose on January 29, Tejashwi has been called the next day on January 30.

Tejashwi Yadav, who is also the state’s deputy chief minister, expressed delight over the visit of his boss and made light of the speculations of a rift in Mahagathbandhan.

A chargesheet has been filed under special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court in Delhi to hear the case against former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his kins under money laundering charges in exchange for jobs in railways. The case will be heard on January 16.

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and his father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad for questioning in the railways land-for-jobs money laundering case probe, official sources said on Wednesday.

RJD president Lalu Prasad on Monday bristled at the BJP's assertion that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return for a third consecutive term, asserting that the INDIA alliance will “drive him out of power”.