Former union minister and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani today strongly argued before the Patna High Court in favour of railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife, former Chief Minister Rabri Devi opposing the Bihar government's appeal challenging their acquittal in the disproportionate assets (DA) case, an off-shoot of the multi-crore fodder scam.
On its part, the Patna High Court subsequently reserved its order on the maintainability of the Bihar government petition challenging the acquittal of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi.
Arguing against the state government's appeal, Jethmalani contended that since the case was probed by CBI, the agency and the Central government alone were competent to challenge the CBI court verdict. "The NDA government's action to appeal against the acquittal is politically motivated," he said.
