Lalu Yadav, mainstay of Bihar politics, recently defended the business interests of his two sons, who are both ministers, challenging, "Should they die in poverty?" However, the smudges of questionable dealings are quickly ratcheting up, with new allegations today of the ministers illicitly acquiring - and then concealing - their ownership of multiple plots of pricey real estate, given to them in exchange for helping an entrepreneur set up a beer brewery just outside Patna. BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi says that in 2003, an entrepreneur named Amit Katyal set up a beer brewery while Lalu's wife, Rabri Devi was Chief Minister. Over the years, he said, all the shares in a company created by Mr Katyal have been transferred to Lalu's family, making it the owners of valuable assets including real estate. He did not share more details, daring Lalu, as he is known, to offer a list instead if he has nothing to hide.
