<p class="bodytext">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a veiled attack on RJD supremo Lalu Prasad over a recent court verdict convicting him in the multi-crore fodder scam case, saying no one guilty of corruption will be "spared".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing NCC cadets here, he reiterated his government's commitment towards fighting corruption and black money, saying "the rich and the powerful" were being brought to book.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Earlier, people believed that nothing happens to the rich and powerful. But, things are different today. People who served as chief ministers are in jail for corruption," he said, in a veiled reference to the special CBI court verdict against Lalu as well as former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court had convicted Lalu and Mishra in one of the cases of the Rs 950-crore fodder scam last week, awarding the duo five-year imprisonment for involvement in the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 33.67 crore from the Chaibasa Treasury in 1992-1993.</p>.<p>The prime minister said that his government's fight against corruption and black money will not stop.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The youth of India refuse to accept corruption. The fight against corruption and black money will not stop. This is a fight for the future of India's youth," Modi said.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">On Aadhaar</p>.<p class="bodytext">Modi said Aadhaar enrollment has added "great strength" to India's development by curbing leakages and helping government money reach its target beneficiaries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"What would earlier get into wrong hands is now going to the intended beneficiaries," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lalu has been attacking Modi and the BJP since JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar dumped a grand alliance with the RJD last year over accusations of corruption against Lalu's son Tejashwi Yadav.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lalu put the blame of his conviction in the fodder scam cases on "political vendetta" by the BJP and Bihar chief minister.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a veiled attack on RJD supremo Lalu Prasad over a recent court verdict convicting him in the multi-crore fodder scam case, saying no one guilty of corruption will be "spared".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing NCC cadets here, he reiterated his government's commitment towards fighting corruption and black money, saying "the rich and the powerful" were being brought to book.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Earlier, people believed that nothing happens to the rich and powerful. But, things are different today. People who served as chief ministers are in jail for corruption," he said, in a veiled reference to the special CBI court verdict against Lalu as well as former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court had convicted Lalu and Mishra in one of the cases of the Rs 950-crore fodder scam last week, awarding the duo five-year imprisonment for involvement in the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 33.67 crore from the Chaibasa Treasury in 1992-1993.</p>.<p>The prime minister said that his government's fight against corruption and black money will not stop.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The youth of India refuse to accept corruption. The fight against corruption and black money will not stop. This is a fight for the future of India's youth," Modi said.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">On Aadhaar</p>.<p class="bodytext">Modi said Aadhaar enrollment has added "great strength" to India's development by curbing leakages and helping government money reach its target beneficiaries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"What would earlier get into wrong hands is now going to the intended beneficiaries," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lalu has been attacking Modi and the BJP since JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar dumped a grand alliance with the RJD last year over accusations of corruption against Lalu's son Tejashwi Yadav.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lalu put the blame of his conviction in the fodder scam cases on "political vendetta" by the BJP and Bihar chief minister.</p>
