Patna,(BiharTimes): While Vijay Kumar Mishra, the son of the  then railway minister Lalit Narayan Mishra, said that all  those found guilty by the court in his father’s killing are  actually innocent, the brother of the late leader Dr  Jagannath Mishra welcomed this much-delayed ruling.

Talking to the media Dr Mshra, however, asked as to why it  took 39 long years for the court to identify who is guilty.  The delay in judgement has diluted the very essence of the  ruling. “It has raised questions before our judiciary and our  system,” he said adding that several issues related to the  assassination and what had happened immediately after it  remained unexplained.

Dr Mishra, who is also one of the witnesses, said it remained  a mystery as to what was the motive behind the murder. What  was the purpose of removing him from the scene. Dr Mishra became the chief minister of Bihar for the first  time a few months after the killing of his brother.

On the other hand the son, Vijay Kumar Mishra, who is  presently JD(U) MLC, refused to accept the court ruling and  expressed doubt over the CBI investigation. He said actually  all those four found guilty were falsely implicated as the  main accused have been left untouched. He said the ruling is now meaningless. This delay has  deliberately been made to protect the real accused. He sought  re-investigation of the case.

However, his son, Rishi Kumar Mishra, who is JD(U) MLA, also  questioned the delay but did not say that the convicted  persons are innocent.

However, Congress spokesman, Prem Chand Mishra, criticized  Vijay Kumar Mishra for politicizing the court ruling as he  had left the Congress long back and had been in the BJP for  quite a few years. (It is only on the eve of the Lok Sabha  election this year that Vijay was thrown out from the party  and later became the MLC of the ruling party of Bihar).

“I firmly believe that those against the Congress were  involved in the killing of Lalit Babu, who was a towering  leader of the party,” he said.

The state party spokesman also said that Vijay Mishra should  move court if he is not satisfied by the ruling and not play  politics of the BJP with which he had been associated till  recently.

“How can he said that the innocent have been implicated? He  should move court and prove his case,” Prem Chand Mishra  said. 

The Congress leader said that it is surprising that he is  saying something very different what his own son and Dr  Jagannath Mishra, have said.

Incidentally, all the three Mishras are now in JD(U) and Dr  Mishra’s son Nitish is even minister in the Jitan Ram Manjhi  cabinet.