What is the soil scam against Lalu Yadav's son about?

What is the soil scam in Bihar all about? The RJD has threatened to sue the BJP for making allegations.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has been demanding the ouster of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tej Pratap as forest and environment minister of Bihar over a soil scam worth Rs 90 lakh. It has been alleged that the minister violated norms and handed over a contract to a private company worth Rs 90 lakh for the construction of pathways and improvement of the Sanjay Gandhi Zoological Park in Patna.

The allegation is that a huge amount of soil was removed from a mall site and sold to the Patna Zoo. It is also alleged that this was in nexus and at the behest of Tej Pratap. According to the BJP, the shopping mall is being built on the land transferred to Delight Marketing Company Private limited in which Tej and his younger brother Tejaswi and sister Chanda are directors. Tejaswi is the the deputy chief minister of Bihar.

The RJD, has however denied the allegations and says that there must be some proof about the money being transferred. RJD leaders are now planning on filing a defamation case against BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi for accusing Lalu's family in the scam. The allegations are not backed by proof and hence the statements are defamatory in nature, the RJD has alleged.

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