Lalu Prasad Yadav, the head of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), is likely to return to Patna on Sunday after over six months in New Delhi recovering from sickness following his release on bail following his conviction in fodder scam-related charges in April.
Prasad has been absent from Patna for almost three and a half years, with the exception of a five-day parole visit in May 2018 to attend his eldest son Tej Pratap Yadav’s wedding on May 12.
After his release from jail while undergoing treatment at AIIMS, New Delhi on April 30, Prasad had been staying put and recuperating from various illnesses at his eldest daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti’s residence in New Delhi.
“I, along with my mother and former chief minister Rabri Devi, will be accompanying my father back to Patna on Sunday. We are planning to take the afternoon flight tomorrow,” Misa Bharti told.
She said the doctors attending to the 74-year former railway minister would examine him in the evening again. Several tests pertaining to Lalu’s health condition were conducted on Friday, she said.
The RJD chief has been ailing from kidney, heart and other ailments for the last many years and his condition had deteriorated during his incarceration since December 2017 post-conviction in fodder scam cases. In total, Prasad has been convicted in four fodder scam cases and got released on bail after completion of formalities on April 30 while undergoing treatment at AIIMS, New Delhi.
