{"id":30398,"date":"2013-09-30T17:08:40","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T11:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=30398"},"modified":"2013-09-30T17:08:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T11:38:40","slug":"politicians-credibility-crisis-says-rajnath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/politicians-credibility-crisis-says-rajnath","title":{"rendered":"Politicians&#8217; credibility in crisis, says Rajnath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad&#8217;s conviction in a fodder scam case, the BJP said Monday there was now a crisis of credibility about politicians in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The RJD chief was Monday convicted by a Special CBI court in Ranchi in one of the five fodder scam cases in which he stands accused.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t comment on a court judgment&#8230; we wholeheartedly accept it,&#8221; Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh told media persons here, on the sidelines of an interaction at the Merchants Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a crisis of credibility now regarding politicians of the country, and I believe there is a need to ensure that politicians do not indulge in anything that could malign them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad&#8217;s conviction in a fodder scam case, the BJP said Monday there was now a crisis of credibility about politicians in the country. 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