New Delhi:Setting all speculations at rest, RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has said that his son and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, who has been facing corruption charges, will not resign from his post.

Mr Prasad said, “The Vidhan Mandal of our party has taken a decision that Tejashwi Yadav will not resign.” Defending his son over the recent demand for his expulsion from the post, Yadav said, ”An FIR is not sufficient reason for the resignation.”

Commenting on the charges filed against him and his family by the Central Bureau of investigation (CBI), the leader said, “Whatever accusations have been made against me and my family, we have already issued a clarification in the press conference. We will give our responses to the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate whenever they call us.” 

The recent raids by the CBI on Lalu Prasad Yadav’s residence and the cases filed against him and his son Tejashwi in an alleged land-for-hotels scandal has created tension in the state’s grand alliance.

The CBI had last week lodged a corruption case against Lalu, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi; former Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Managing Director P.K. Goyal; and the wife of Lalu’s confidante Prem Chand Gupta, Sujata on allegations of awarding the tender for development, maintenance and operation of hotels in Ranchi and Puri in 2006.

The central agency also conducted searches at 12 locations across Patna, Delhi, Gurugram and other places. However, Lalu Prasad Yadav has denied the allegations made against him and termed it as a political conspiracy hatched by the BJP.