Lalu Prasad granted 5-day parole to attend son Tej Pratap's wedding on May 12

"We moved an application before the IG, Jail on Monday for parole from May 10 to May 14. We hope that our leader will not be deprived of the opportunity to attend the marriage ceremony of his son which is an occasion that comes once in a lifetime," RJD national general secretary and MLA Bhola Yadav told PTI over phone on Tuesday.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. (PIC/The Telegraph, India)

Patna/Ranchi: RJD president Lalu Prasad, serving sentence in fodder scam cases, was on Wednesday granted a five-day parole to attend the wedding of his elder son later this week. His son Tej Pratap Yadav, a sitting MLA and former state minister, will be tying the nuptial knot with Aishwarya Rai, daughter of party legislator Chandrika Rai, on Saturday, May 12 in Patna. Sources say Lalu will fly to Patna this evening itself. ALSO READ: Lalu discharged from AIIMS, says it is a conspiracy to 'deteriorate his health' The beleaguered RJD chief, who has been convicted in three fodder scam cases by a special CBI court at Ranchi since December last year, is ailing and currently undergoing treatment at RIMS hospital in the Jharkhand capital. He said despite being unwell, it was a conspiracy to shift him from AIIMS, Delhi to the hospital in Ranchi. Doctors in AIIMS, however, had declared him fit. "We moved an application before the IG, Jail on Monday for parole from May 10 to May 14. We hope that our leader will not be deprived of the opportunity to attend the marriage ceremony of his son which is an occasion that comes once in a lifetime," RJD national general secretary and MLA Bhola Yadav told PTI over phone on Tuesday. ALSO READ:  Lalu got inhuman treatment in Delhi: Shatrughan Sinha According to the news agency, Yadav is close to the entire family of the RJD supremo. He is currently in Ranchi to help the party chief in seeking release from custody. Last week, Prasad had moved an application for provisional bail before the Jharkhand High Court which got deferred till May 11 on account of a strike by lawyers. His family had expressed sorrow as he could not attend the engagement ceremony of Tej Pratap at Patna on April 18. Tej Pratap had posted an emotional tweet "miss you Papa.