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+| caption             = Yadav as [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]], addressing in New Delhi, September 12, 2004.
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 '''Lalu Prasad Yadav'''<ref name="myneta">{{cite web|title=Scanned Copy of 2009 Lok Sabha election affidavit|url=http://docs.myneta.info/affidavits/ls2009db/965/LaluPrasad_CR1.jpg|publisher=Association of Democratic Reforms|access-date=4 October 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005011121/http://docs.myneta.info/affidavits/ls2009db/965/LaluPrasad_CR1.jpg|archive-date=5 October 2013}}</ref> (born 11 June 1948)<ref name=RediffDOB>{{cite news | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-lalu-prasad-yadav-the-shrewd-politicians-highs-and-lows/20130930.htm | title=Lalu Prasad Yadav: The shrewd politician's highs and lows | date=30 September 2013 | publisher=Rediff | access-date=16 July 2018 }}</ref><ref>While the Indian media was unsure as to the spelling of his name, in June 2004, he issued a clarification to the media to endure  his name was spelt as ''Lalu'' and not ''Laloo''.{{cite web| url=http://us.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/24lalu.htm| title=It's Lalu not Laloo and it's official (24 June 2004)| work=Rediff.com| access-date=8 May 2006| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050913014530/http://us.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/24lalu.htm| archive-date=13 September 2005}}</ref> is an Indian politician. He is the president of the political party [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (RJD), a former [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister of Bihar]], a former [[Government of India|Union]] [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]], and a former [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] of the [[Lok Sabha]].
-He entered politics at [[Patna University]] as a student leader and in 1977 at the age of 29, was elected as the youngest member of the Lok Sabha for the [[Janata Party]]. He became the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] in 1990. His party came to power in [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] in partnership with [[Nitish Kumar]] of [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]. This coalition ended when Nitish resigned and RJD was ousted, becoming the opposition party. In [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], RJD remained the single largest party in Bihar, and currently serves as the state's main opposition party. Lalu Yadav was convicted in the controversial [[Fodder Scam]], and was serving a term until 17 April 2021, when he was granted bail from the [[High Court]] in the [[Fodder Scam|corruption scandal]].<ref name="Lalu Yadav granted bail: HC">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/lalu-yadav-granted-bail-in-fodder-scam-case-by-jharkhand-high-court-101618643713744-amp.html|title=Lalu Yadav granted bail: HC|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=17 April 2021}}</ref>
+He entered politics at [[Patna University]] as a student leader and in 1977 at the age of 29, was elected as the youngest member of the Lok Sabha for the [[Janata Party]]. He became the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] in 1990. His party came to power in [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] in partnership with [[Nitish Kumar]] of [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]. This coalition ended when Nitish resigned and RJD was ousted, becoming the opposition party. In [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], RJD remained the single largest party in Bihar, and currently serves as the state's main opposition party. Lalu Yadav was convicted in the controversial [[Fodder Scam]], and was serving a term until 17 April 2021, when he was granted bail from the [[High Court]] in the [[Fodder Scam|corruption scandal]].<ref name="Lalu Yadav granted bail: HC">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/lalu-yadav-granted-bail-in-fodder-scam-case-by-jharkhand-high-court-101618643713744-amp.html|title=Lalu Yadav granted bail: HC|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=19 April 2021}}</ref>
 ==Early and personal life==
-Lalu Prasad, second of his parents six sons, was born in [[Phulwaria]] in [[Bihar]] to Kundan Ray and Marachhiya Devi, and attended a local middle school before moving to Patna with his elder brother.<ref name="teh">{{cite news|title=The Promise And Betrayal Of Lalu Prasad Yadav|url=http://www.tehelka.com/the-promise-and-betrayal-of-lalu-prasad-yadav/|access-date=4 October 2013|newspaper=Tehlka.com|date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013071638/http://www.tehelka.com/the-promise-and-betrayal-of-lalu-prasad-yadav/|archive-date=13 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> After completing [[Bachelor of Laws]] and a [[M.A.]]<ref>https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-qualifications-schooling-of-Modi-and-Lalu-Yadav</ref> in [[Political science|Political Science]] from B. N. College of [[Patna University]], he worked as clerk in [[Bihar Veterinary College]] at [[Patna]] where his elder brother was also a peon.Lalu Prasad belongs to [[Yadav]] agricultural caste.<ref name="toi">{{cite news|title=Lalu, the milkman's son who rose from clerk to CM|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-01/india/42573630_1_lalu-prasad-fodder-scam-rjd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003101948/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-01/india/42573630_1_lalu-prasad-fodder-scam-rjd|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2013|access-date=4 October 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=1 October 2013}}</ref> He turned down Patna University's Honorary Doctorate in 2004.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-01-11/patna/28331561_1_doctorate-pu-syndicate-patna-university-syndicate | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061120/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-01-11/patna/28331561_1_doctorate-pu-syndicate-patna-university-syndicate | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 September 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Laloo says 'no' to PU doctorate | date=11 January 2004}}</ref>
+Lalu Prasad, second of his parents six sons, was born in [[Phulwaria]] in [[Bihar]] to Kundan Ray and Marachhiya Devi, and attended a local middle school before moving to Patna with his elder brother.<ref name="teh">{{cite news|title=The Promise And Betrayal Of Lalu Prasad Yadav|url=http://www.tehelka.com/the-promise-and-betrayal-of-lalu-prasad-yadav/|access-date=4 October 2013|newspaper=Tehlka.com|date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013071638/http://www.tehelka.com/the-promise-and-betrayal-of-lalu-prasad-yadav/|archive-date=13 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> After completing [[Bachelor of Laws]] and a [[M.A.]]<ref>https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-qualifications-schooling-of-Modi-and-Lalu-Yadav</ref> in [[Political science|Political Science]] from B. N. College of [[Patna University]], he worked as clerk in [[Bihar Veterinary College]] at [[Patna]] where his elder brother was also a peon. Lalu Prasad belongs to [[Yadav]] agricultural caste.<ref name="toi">{{cite news|title=Lalu, the milkman's son who rose from clerk to CM|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-01/india/42573630_1_lalu-prasad-fodder-scam-rjd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003101948/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-01/india/42573630_1_lalu-prasad-fodder-scam-rjd|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2013|access-date=4 October 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=1 October 2013}}</ref> He turned down Patna University's Honorary Doctorate in 2004.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-01-11/patna/28331561_1_doctorate-pu-syndicate-patna-university-syndicate | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061120/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-01-11/patna/28331561_1_doctorate-pu-syndicate-patna-university-syndicate | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 September 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Laloo says 'no' to PU doctorate | date=11 January 2004}}</ref>
 Yadav married [[Rabri Devi]] on 1 June 1973, in an [[arranged marriage]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lalu-paid-off-a-debt-to-his-wife-handsomely-1093659|title=Rabri vividly recalls how she had boarded a steamer at Pahleja Ghat in Sonepur (Chapra) to reach the Patna residence soon after her marriage on March 18, 1974 when curfew had been imposed all over the district|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224215207/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lalu-paid-off-a-debt-to-his-wife-handsomely-1093659|archive-date=24 December 2017}}</ref> and they went on to have two sons and seven daughters.<ref name=FamilyUnplanning>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2004/05/08/stories/2004050800031000.htm | title=The durability of Laloo Prasad Yadav | work=[[Business Line]] | date=8 May 2004 | access-date=24 February 2012 | author=Thakurta, Paranjoy Guha | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008033632/http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2004/05/08/stories/2004050800031000.htm | archive-date=8 October 2012}}</ref>
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 As railway minister, Lalu Yadav left passenger fares untouched and focused on other sources of revenue for the railways. He banned plastic cups from being used to serve tea at railway stations and replaced those with ''[[kulhar]]''s (earthen cups), in order to generate more employment in rural areas.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1094240.cms| title=Lalu's 'kulhad', a flop in Bihar| newspaper=The Times of India| date=1 May 2005| access-date=23 May 2006| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430153112/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1094240.cms| archive-date=30 April 2006}}</ref> Later, he also said that he had plans to introduce [[buttermilk]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/07/stories/2004070705580100.htm| title=Lalu spares passengers; freight untouched| access-date=18 May 2006| location=Chennai, India| date=7 July 2004| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411121328/http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/07/stories/2004070705580100.htm| newspaper=[[The Hindu]]| archive-date=11 April 2005}}</ref> and [[khādī]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-05-05/india/27804461_1_indian-railways-rail-bhavan-delegates| title=Lalu refuses to be CEO, Railways India| access-date=18 May 2006| date=5 May 2006| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929024558/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-05-05/india/27804461_1_indian-railways-rail-bhavan-delegates| newspaper=[[The Times of India]]| archive-date=29 September 2011}}</ref> In June 2004, he announced that he would get on the railway himself to inspect its problems and went on to board the train from Patna Railway station at midnight.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jun152004/i5.asp| title=Laloo's night out at Patna station| newspaper=Deccan Herald| date=15 June 2004| access-date=3 October 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010822/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jun152004/i5.asp| archive-date=5 October 2013}}</ref>
-When he took over, the Indian Railways was a loss-making organisation.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lalu-yadavs-budget-of-railway/1/156215.html | title=The Money Train – Lalu Prasad Yadav brings profits for Indian Railways | magazine=[[India Today]] | date=12 March 2007 | access-date=3 October 2013 | author=Vaish, Nandini | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225903/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lalu-yadavs-budget-of-railway/1/156215.html | archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref> In the years under his leadership, it showed a cumulative total profit of {{INR Convert|38000|c}}.Business School  around the world became interested in Lalu Yadav's leadership in managing the turnaround. The turnaround was introduced as a case study by the [[Indian Institute of Management]].<ref name=bbcprofile>{{cite news|title=Profile: Laloo Prasad Yadav|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24327816|access-date=4 October 2013|date=30 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003235258/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24327816|archive-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> Yadav also received invitations from eight [[Ivy League]] schools for lectures, and addressed over a hundred students from [[Harvard]], [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton]] and others in [[Hindi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061228/main11.htm |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Main News |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821120724/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061228/main11.htm |archive-date=21 August 2013}}</ref>
+When he took over, the Indian Railways was a loss-making organisation.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lalu-yadavs-budget-of-railway/1/156215.html | title=The Money Train – Lalu Prasad Yadav brings profits for Indian Railways | magazine=[[India Today]] | date=12 March 2007 | access-date=3 October 2013 | author=Vaish, Nandini | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225903/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lalu-yadavs-budget-of-railway/1/156215.html | archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref> In the years under his leadership, it showed a cumulative total profit of {{INR Convert|38000|c}}. Business schools around the world became interested in Lalu Yadav's leadership in managing the turnaround. The turnaround was introduced as a case study by the [[Indian Institute of Management]].<ref name=bbcprofile>{{cite news|title=Profile: Laloo Prasad Yadav|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24327816|access-date=4 October 2013|date=30 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003235258/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24327816|archive-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> Yadav also received invitations from eight [[Ivy League]] schools for lectures, and addressed over a hundred students from [[Harvard]], [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton]] and others in [[Hindi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061228/main11.htm |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Main News |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821120724/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061228/main11.htm |archive-date=21 August 2013}}</ref>
 Harvard Business School and HEC Management School, France, have shown interest in turning Lalu Yadav's experiment with the Indian Railway into case studies for aspiring business graduates.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/Lalu-goes-to-Harvard/articleshow/1715301.cms</ref>
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 [[File:Lalu Prasad presenting a cheque of Rs. thirty lacs to Shri Akhil Kumar at the opening ceremony of the 56th Senior National Kabaddi (Men & Women) Championship being organized by Railway Sports Promotion Board from 11th to.jpg|thumb|Shri Lalu Prasad presenting a cheque of Rs. thirty lacs to Akhil Kumar at the opening ceremony of the 56th Senior National Kabaddi (Men & Women) Championship being organized by Railway Sports Promotion Board.]]
 According to Seyed Hossein Zarhani, though Laloo Prasad became a hate figure among [[Forward Caste]]s, he drew huge support from backward castes and [[Dalit]]s. He was criticised for neglecting development but a study conducted during his reign among downtrodden [[Musahar]]s revealed that though the construction of houses for them hasn't been concluded at required pace, still they will choose Laloo as he returned them their "''ijjat''"(honour)
-and for the first time they are allowed to vote. A number of populist policies which directly impacted his backward caste supporters were launched during his tenure. Some of these being; establishment of "''Charvaha schools''", where children of poor could get skilled; abolishment of cess on [[Palm wine|toddy]] and more importantly the negligence of rules related to reservation for backward castes were made cognizable offence. Laloo mobilised backwards through his identity politics. According to his conception, Forward Castes were elite in the outlook and thus he portrayed himself as, "''Messiah of backwards''" by ensuring that his way of living remain identical to his supporters who were mostly poor. He even continued to reside in his quarter of one room after getting elected as [[Chief Minister]], though later he moved to official residence of the [[Chief Minister|CM]] for administrative convenience.<ref name="Zarhani">{{cite book|chapter= Elite agency and development in Bihar: confrontation and populism in era of Garibon Ka Masiha|title=Governance and Development in India: A Comparative Study on Andhra Pradesh and Bihar after Liberalization|publisher=Routledge|first=Seyed Hossein|last= Zarhani|year=2018|isbn=978-1351255189
+and for the first time they are allowed to vote. A number of populist policies which directly impacted his backward caste supporters were launched during his tenure. Some of these being; establishment of "''Charvaha schools''", where children of poor could get skilled; abolishment of cess on [[Palm wine|toddy]] and more importantly the negligence of rules related to reservation for backward castes were made cognizable offence. Laloo mobilised backwards through his identity politics. According to his conception, Forward Castes were elite in the outlook and thus he portrayed himself as, "''Messiah of backwards''" by ensuring that his way of living remain identical to his supporters who were mostly poor. He even continued to reside in his quarter of one room after getting elected as [[chief minister]], though later he moved to official residence of the [[Chief minister|CM]] for administrative convenience.<ref name="Zarhani">{{cite book|chapter= Elite agency and development in Bihar: confrontation and populism in era of Garibon Ka Masiha|title=Governance and Development in India: A Comparative Study on Andhra Pradesh and Bihar after Liberalization|publisher=Routledge|first=Seyed Hossein|last= Zarhani|year=2018|isbn=978-1351255189
 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3tqDwAAQBAJ&q=laloo+yadav+identity+politics&pg=PT200}}</ref>
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 ==== 1996 Fodder Scam – 5th case ====
-This case, pertaining to the scamming of INR1.84 billion from the Doranda tresary in Ranchi, is still pending in the Special CBI Court (c. Jan 2018).<ref name="chor4">[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/241217/rjd-chief-lalu-prasad-yadav-convicted-in-fodder-scam.html RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav convicted in fodder scam] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223224256/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/241217/rjd-chief-lalu-prasad-yadav-convicted-in-fodder-scam.html |date=23 December 2017 }}, Deccan Chronicle, 24 Dec 2017.</ref><ref name=lal1/>
+This case, pertaining to the scamming
+Yadav has been found guilty of illegal withdrawals of Rs 139.35 crore from the Doranda treasury by a special CBI court in Jharkhand's Ranchi on 15th February 2022.
+[https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/fodder-scam-lalu-prasad-yadav-former-bihar-chief-minister-convicted-in-doranda-treasury-case-fifth-fodder-scam-case-2769107]
 ====2005 Indian Railway tender scam====