Bihar govt to reopen soil scam files

The government would also check if there were other irregularities during the tenure of Lalu's sons

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap might face a probe again as the state government is going to reopen files of a Rs 90-lakh soil scam.

Tej Pratap had held the health, environment and forestry and minor irrigation departments in the Grand Alliance government. That government had collapsed last week when Nitish Kumar has resigned as chief minister after corruption charges were levelled against alliance partner Lalu Prasad and his family. Tej Pratap’s younger brother, Tejashwi, was also named in the case. Tejashwi was Nitish Kumar’s deputy in that government. Nitish Kumar had quit but formed