BJP doesn't have guts to suppress my voice, says Lalu Yadav after IT raids

Lalu alleged the BJP and RSS are trying to pressurise him, knowing that he will expose their 'lies, loot and jumlas.' Photo: PTI (File)

NEW DELHI: Slamming the BJP following Income Tax raids at 22 locations in Delhi, Gurugram on companies and people associated with him, RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said the saffron party doesn't have the guts to suppress his voice. Lalu alleged the BJP and RSS are trying to pressurise him, knowing that he will expose their 'lies, loot and jumlas.' "BJP does not have guts to suppress the voice of Lalu. If you press Lalu's voice, then millions of Lalus will emerge across the country. I am not afraid of empty threats," he said. "The support and blessings of the poor and the are with me. Lalu has not lost, neither is he tired. I have always fought and won like an undefeated warrior," Lalu tweeted. Without naming any party, Lalu congratulated the Centre on 'new alliance partners'. Though he maintained his alliance with Nitish Kumar is unbreakable. "Congratulations to BJP on new alliance partners. Lalu is not going to bend. Till my last breath, I will continue fighting against fascist forces," he said. "The alliance is unbreakable. Parties with same ideology will be associated with it. I am not afraid of the BJP's and supporters of its government," the RJD chief said. Challenging the Centre to reveal the names of places where raids were conducted, the former Bihar chief minister said, "At least tell which 22 places were raided, you illiterates. Lalu is not scared of BJP-backed media and government puppets." Income Tax department on Tuesday conducted raids and surveys at twenty two locations in the New Delhi and Gurugram; with regards to ‘benami’ land deals worth 1,000 crore involving RJD Chief Lalu PrasadYadav. This isn’t the first land scam that has been hanged around Lalu’s neck. Earlier, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi had accused Lalu of acquiring benami property worth Rs 950 crore in Patna.