In a statement issued here, Sushil Modi said "a court of law does not pass judgements on the basis of caste and, also, Bihar has moved beyond caste politics".
"Prasad should brace for severe punishment by the court of law, further to his conviction in the case which was based upon facts and evidences", Sushil Modi said.
A Special CBI court in Ranchi is scheduled to pronounce the quantum of sentence of Prasad tomorrow.
Earlier, in September, 2013, he was convicted for a similar offence in Chaibasa treasury. He was released on bail, granted by the Supreme Court, three months after his conviction.
The senior BJP leader, who was one of the petitioners on whose PIL the Patna High Court ordered a CBI inquiry into the fodder scam cases in 1996, called Prasad "a habitual offender who is beyond reform and went on to amass benami property worth nearly a thousand crores despite having been convicted once".
Taking potshots at the RJD supremo, the Deputy CM said "Prasad should change his party symbol from lantern to an LED bulb. He had the misplaced belief that the people of Bihar will always remain content with the lantern".
Sushil Modi also said "even if Prasad were to come out of jail, it is not going to help his party. He was not in jail during the 2010 assembly polls when his party won only 24 seats in the 243-strong House".
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