Tracking Lalu Yadav Prasad's journey from maverick politician to a scam-tainted one

In 2004 when Lalu Yadav Prasad took charge as railways minister, the organisation was running at a loss. However, within just a few years of taking over, he turned record profits for it without even increasing train fares.

His happiness was short lived when Mamata Banerjee tabled a white paper on the railways' financial health in the lok sabha. India Today tracks the rise and fall of Lalu Prasad Yadav.