Lalu got inhuman treatment in Delhi: Shatrughan Sinha

Disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha today alleged that "inhuman treatment" was meted out to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad during and after his hospitalisation at the AIIMS in New Delhi.

Sending an ailing Prasad from Delhi in a train that took 14 hours to reach Ranchi earlier this week was in bad taste and smacked of vindictive politics, Sinha said in a series of tweets.

"The inhuman treatment given to popular mass leader & Ex CM Lalu Yadav during & after his hospitalization in Delhi was saddening, in bad taste & not appreciated by one and all. After all he has been our old friend & colleague & has been in state & national politics for very long (sic)," the actor-turned-politician said.

Prasad, who is serving sentence in a number of fodder scam cases, was discharged from the AIIMS on Monday after a medical board of the hospital said he could safely undergo treatment at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi.

The RJD chief was admitted at the AIIMS for over a month.

Using the word "sir" to address Prime Minister Narendra Modi, without naming him, Sinha asked, "Sir, could Mr. Lalu Yadav not have been at least sent back on a flight instead of being forced to make a 14 hr train journey, with his ailing health condition, against his will & wish...on purely humanitarian grounds (sic)?"
The RJD chief had protested his discharge from the AIIMS and shot off a letter to its director, saying, "If my life is threatened by this decision, you will be held responsible."