The Income Tax Department has already acted on the "expose" about the RJD chief's family amassing benami properties worth more than Rs 1,000 crore by ordering provisional attachment of 14 properties in Delhi and Patna to the tune of Rs 170-80 crore, he told reporters here.
Seeking to remind Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of his government's "zero-tolerance" policy on corruption, Modi asked the former to take cognisance of I-T department's action against Prasad's family members.
"The onus is on the Chief Minister to take action against Tejashwi and Tej Pratap if he is serious about his government's zero tolerance policy on corruption ...," the BJP leader said.
About a fortnight ago, Chief Minister Kumar, while Commenting on the allegations, had said that if the Centre had proof against his cabinet ministers then what was stopping the central agencies from acting.
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