The Asian Age

Lalu to expose BJP, Centre halts mall constructi­on

- NAYEAR AZAD

RJD chief Lalu Yadav on Friday said that “the BJP’s tactics to derail our efforts to form an alliance has been exposed.”

Mr Yadav, while talking to this newspaper at his residence, said that he has been successful in persuading several leaders of similar ideologies to participat­e in the mega rally on August 27.

“The rally has been organised to expose the failures of the BJP. I also want to send a message to their camp (RSS-BJP) that I will drag them out their ‘gaddi’ (throne), and I can say that the Modi government will not be able to complete the five-year-term of five years.”

Meanwhile, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who had earlier exposed Mr Lalu Yadav and his son’s alleged involvemen­t in dubious land deals, said that the constructi­on work of the mall owned by the Delight marketing company had started without the permission of the State Environmen­tal Impact Assessment Authority.

He said that the Union Environmen­t Ministry in a letter dated May 15 had issued a notice to the state government directing them to stop the constructi­on work of the mall as it was violating environmen­tal laws. “This is a clear violation of the law and since the department comes under the ministry of Tejaswi Yadav’s brother, complaints were not filed against him or the company,” BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said.

 ?? — PTI ?? Traffic snarl at a road in Varanasi due to the BHU entrance exams on Friday.
— PTI Traffic snarl at a road in Varanasi due to the BHU entrance exams on Friday.

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