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’Yadav’s prosecution likely to plunge Gujral govt into crisis’
NEW DELHI. Apr 28: The prosecution of a formidable leader in a corruption case is likely to plunge Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral's coalition government into a crisis, analysts said here today, reports AFP
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Sunday opened the prosecution of Bihar state Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav for allegedly siphoning millions of dollars of government funds meant for buying cattle feed.
Fifty-four others were named in the 271-million-dollar scandal besides Yadav who is president of the centrist Janata Dal (People s Party), the largest partner in Prime Minister Gujral's 13-party United Front government.
The Congress (I) Party, which extends its parliamentary support to keep the United Front tn power, warned that Gujral's fragile coalition could run
into bad weather if Yadav refused to quit his political posts.
The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People's Party) also demanded the resignation of the Bihar chief minister today.
The Statesman newspaper quoting unnamed coalition leaders said the CBI crackdown would have "far-reaching Im plications in Indian politics, which might even lead to the instability of the Gujral gov ernment.
This is a very Important matter," said Harkishan Singh Suijeet. the general secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist. as the leftwing allies of Gujral's government began a meeting Monday on the CBI crackdown.
Senior Congress leader Rajesh Pilot told AFP: "There could be trouble (for the United Front) if Yadav does not resign
"We are giving the wrong
message to the people as every third day a politician is involved In a corruption case," said Pilot, who was India’s security minister when the scandal surfaced on 27 January. 1996 in Bihar.
"I appeal to politicians linked to corruption to step down and usher an era of valuebased politics." Pilot said of the case, tn which a senior Congress leader has also been implicated by the CBI.
Hie Indian Express newspaper said Yadav’s prosecution would put Gujral’s government on the 'horns of a political dilemma.'
It warned the CBI's action would spark off a power struggle in Gujral's eight-day-old government and encourage political rivals of Yadav to demand his ouster as leader of the Janata Dal.
Yadav's position as president of Janata Dal is in serious doubt,' it said of the dominant
party which has 46 of the centre-left coalition's 180 members of parliament on its rolls.
The CBI's move has surprised other partners of the Front, which assumed office April 21 after the coalition replaced deposed prime minister HD Deve Gowda with 77-year-old Gulral. observers said.
Yadav, an outspoken politician from Bihar, on Sunday said Deve Gowda as prime minister used the CBI "as an instrument of power to trip his colleagues, demoralise them and destroy their image.''
Gujral after assuming office promised a transparent administration which will put an end to "witchhunts."
Deve Gowda has denied the allegations, saying the investigations launched against several politicians from parties such as the Dal and the Congress were ordered before he became prime minister last June.