RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav (File Photo) 
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RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav returns to home turf after three years

Weathered by old age and ill-health, RJD president Lalu Prasad on Sunday returned to his home turf of Bihar from were imprisonment in fodder scam cases had kept him away for three years.

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Prasad, who was released from jail a few months ago, arrived here accompanied by wife Rabri Devi and eldest daughter Misa Bharti, at whose Delhi residence he had been putting up for medical help he needs for the multiple ailments he suffers from.

Chants in praise of the messiah of the poor rent the air as the haggard-looking septuagenarian walked out of the airport, with a shuffling gait, tiredly waving at the huge boisterous crowd. Prasad was last seen here in September 2018, after which he returned to Ranchi to serve his sentences upon expiry of the period of his bail, granted to attend elder son Tej Pratap’s wedding and extended a number of times to help him avail medical treatment.

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