India corruption: Laloo Prasad Yadav jailed for five years

Former Indian railways minister Laloo Prasad Yadav has been sentenced to five years in prison in a notorious case known as the "fodder scam".

He was jailed on Monday after being found guilty of embezzling state funds intended to buy food for cattle while he was Bihar state chief minister.

He has always denied the allegations. His family has said he will appeal.

The sentencing is seen as a landmark step in tackling corruption in India where it is a major national issue.

Yadav now becomes one of the first politicians to lose his parliamentary seat after a recent Supreme Court ruling which bans convicted legislators from holding office.

On Wednesday, the government withdrew a controversial order which would have overturned the Supreme Court ruling and allowed convicted MPs to run for elections while appeals were pending.

15 years too late but the inevitable finally happened. Lalu got what was coming to him.

Laloo is  innocent. H was framed because he is a dalit.

aloo  sounds like a fella I know  from  Susana bobice

allo is captain brother  >


both of them squARE UP. ;D

Laloo did not embezzle any money . He used the funds that were allocated for cattle feed to buy food for starving people .
This  man is a dedicated hindu and he figured that  if he fattens the cattle they would end up on the plate of the muslims which is against  his hindu beliefs