Lalu Becomes a Aloo and Goes to Jail

Lalu Prasad Yadav is a prominent politician in India from the state of Bihar. Unfortunately Lalu for all his rural appeal had a streak of malevolence. He was greedy and took part in a scam where he milked the state exchequer of a million dollars. The incident came to the fore in 1996 and the case was filed against him. Lalu dodged the court and law for 17 years, till finally nemesis caught up with him and he was sentenced to 5 years in jail by the special CBI court in Ranchi. Lalau was promptly taken to jail and the man who was India's rail minister and Chief Minister of Bihar became just a number in the jail.

Lalu had made a statement that so long as a samosa is there, aloo is there and Lalu will be ruler of Bihar. Unfortunately the samosa has remained and the Lalu like the alu( potato) has been jailed. Samosa is a typical Indian fried pan cake with potatoes.

How did Lalu survive the clutches of law for 17 long years? This is because of the weakness in the judicial system that allows politicians to manipulate it. The Congress party which had been supported by Lalu all along tried every trick to save Lalu, but public anger forced them back. Indian political system will never be the same with the Lalu going to jail. I must say it is a sentence he deserved, but what about his backers led by Sonia Gandhi? Don't they also deserve jail as accessories to Lalu's misdemeanors?