<div align="justify">RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav took orders from jailed don Mohammad Shahabuddin during a communal riot, claimed an audio tape released by a television news channel on Saturday. <br /><br />Lapping up the expose, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to break his “eloquent silence” and take action against his ally Lalu for indulging in the worst form of “criminal-political nexus” in the country. <br /><br />Prasad said the RJD patriarch broke the law by “shamelessly” interacting with a man convicted for murder and facing charges in over 30 heinous crimes. <br /><br />“Nitish Kumarji, a crime has been committed. Are you going to launch criminal proceedings against your ally Lalu Prasad?” Prasad said at a press conference here.<br /><br />In the tape, the Siwan leader, presently lodged in Tihar jail, is heard complaining about the local superintendent of police to Lalu, asking him to take action against the officer. Lalu was also heard giving directions to an aide to connect him to the SP, Prasad told reporters. <br /></div>
<div align="justify">RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav took orders from jailed don Mohammad Shahabuddin during a communal riot, claimed an audio tape released by a television news channel on Saturday. <br /><br />Lapping up the expose, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to break his “eloquent silence” and take action against his ally Lalu for indulging in the worst form of “criminal-political nexus” in the country. <br /><br />Prasad said the RJD patriarch broke the law by “shamelessly” interacting with a man convicted for murder and facing charges in over 30 heinous crimes. <br /><br />“Nitish Kumarji, a crime has been committed. Are you going to launch criminal proceedings against your ally Lalu Prasad?” Prasad said at a press conference here.<br /><br />In the tape, the Siwan leader, presently lodged in Tihar jail, is heard complaining about the local superintendent of police to Lalu, asking him to take action against the officer. Lalu was also heard giving directions to an aide to connect him to the SP, Prasad told reporters. <br /></div>
