ranchi most political leaders are blessed with the gift of the gab but probably not as generously as the one bestowed on lalu prasad yadav so much so that the rjd chief had the cheek to enter into a banter with even the special cbi judge who nailed himdespite being sentenced 35 years in jail only four days ago he did not for once seem dejected when he appeared in the special cbi courts hearing the fodder scam cases on wednesdayread alsoits too cold in jail says lalu in court judge asks him to play tablaeven in the midst of proceedings to decide the quantum of sentence in a fodder scam involving lalu prasad the rjd leader did not miss to crack a joke when he told the judge that it was very cold in jail to which the judge replied play tablaon the contrary he engaged in a lighthearted chat with judge shivpal singh before he attended the proceedings in the dumka treasury case it was singh who had sentenced yadav to 35 years jail and fined him rs 10 lakh on january 6 in the case of fraudulent withdrawal of rs 8927 lakh of public money by the bihar animal husbandry department from deoghar district treasury in undivided bihar the conversation that followed witnesses present in the courtroom said filled the room briefly with smileswhen singh enquired whether yadav was facing problems in jail the latter complained that the authorities were not letting him meet his party leaders and other visitors to this the judge said visitors will only be allowed following the jail manual this is why i recommended you to be taken in an open jail singh addedthe 69yearold leaders quick reply was there will be genocide if the workers are stopped in open jail all the 20000 policemen in jharkhand will have to be deployed in the security singh shot back saying there would be no such thingyadav complained he was being treated like a common prisoner to this singh asserted that law was equal for all including mass leaders on wednesday the excm pleaded before singh to deliver his judgment in the dumka treasury case soon sir please sentence me to 25 years of imprisonment in this case yadav pleaded why do you say this such statements are not to be made singh shot backwith makar sankranti just days away yadav rued before singh about the fact that he could not eat dahichura this time for being in jail to that the judge said we will have dahichura here itself i will order it if you sayyadavs reply was witty no sir this is a thing of the yadavs if i eat dahichura with you i might end up in a problem like syed shahabuddin of siwan he said prompting everyone to break into laughterwatch fodder scam case lalu prasad yadav sentenced to 35 years in jail