Nitish Kumar Refused To Join Original Fodder Scam Complaint. He Explains

The 950-crore fodder scam involved large-scale corruption in which funds meant for animal fodder were embezzled from multiple government treasuries across undivided Bihar.

As Lalu Yadav was sentenced in the fifth fodder scam case today, his rival-turned-ally-turned rival Nitish Kumar said when the massive corruption case was first registered, he had refused to be part of it.

The Bihar Chief Minister said he was asked by then Samata Party chief George Fernandes -- who was Defence Minister in the BJP-led government at the Centre between 1998 and 2004 -- to sign the petition but he refused. 

"When they filed the case they came to me too. I clearly told them if you want to file a case then do but it was not my job," he said, without naming anyone.

Mr Fernandes then flew down Shivanand Tiwari, who was in Delhi, to Patna to put his name down as one of the complainants in the case.