When CBI worked on a Sunday to nail Lalu

NEW DELHI: Lalu Prasad's prosecution in thefodder scam case was as dramatic as his political career itself. It was ordered on a Sunday afternoon in the backdrop of a shaky coalition government at the Centre surviving on Prasad's support and aCBI director fearing the loss of his own job. Joginder Singh, the then CBI chief, ordered his office to be opened and called in officials who were looking for a lazy Sunday. 

Congress relieved it won’t be accused of saving Lalu

NEW DELHI: Even as the tenor of Rahul Gandhi's castigation of the ordinance to save convicted MPs draws sniggers, Congress on Monday expressed relief that nobody was able to accuse it of shielding Lalu Prasad from disqualification in the wake of his conviction.