BJP demands sacking of Lalu's son Tej Pratap over soil scam: Things to know

It is being alleged that Tej Pratap Yadav gave contract of Rs 90 lakh for earth filling

Senior Bihar BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday demanded that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sack his environment & forests minister Tej Pratap Yadav over his alleged involvement in a "soil purchase scam".

Here is all we know about the "scam" so far:

It is being alleged that Tej Pratap Yadav gave contracts worth Rs 90 lakh for earth filling work in Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park in the state capital.

Yadav's department, under whose jurisdiction the Park falls, gave away the contract of Rs 90 lakh to a company without following the tender process for construction of a pathway and