A court in New Delhi has charged former Bihar Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi and their son and the RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav with corruption in awarding the tenders for maintenance of two IRCTC hotels. The court has framed charges of criminal conspiracy, corruption and cheating. The CBI has alleged that the tender for maintenance of BNR Ranchi and BNR Puri hotels was awarded when Lau Prasad Yadav was the Railway Minister, and his family, in return, received a plot of prime land in Patna at a much cheaper rate. It has also been alleged that there was quid pro quo for the tenders.

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According to the CBI, the tenders for maintenance were awarded to Sujata Hotels, owned by businessmen Vijay and Vinay Kochhar, in exchange for prime land in Patna. It also cla

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