PATNA, March 11 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that central agencies have restarted a crackdown on Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad and his family members as their respective parties have once again come together to form the Mahagathbandhan government.

The statement came in the backdrop of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioning Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi, both former chief ministers, and issuing fresh summons to their younger son and deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav in connection with an alleged land-for-jobs scam. On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) also conducted raids at the houses of the RJD chief's three daughters and a daughter-in-law.

"The matter was inv...