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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Delhi Court Reserves Order on '' Cash for Votes Scam'' Thursday Oct 3,2013

A Delhi court on Thursday Oct 3,2013 reserved its order on framing of charges in the 2008 cash-for-vote-scam involving former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and two BJP MPs

Special Judge Narottam Kaushal reserved for October 19 order on framing of charges “October 19 for orders''


Cash-for-votes Scandal 


The cash-for-votes scandal is a scandal in which the UPA Alliance allegedly bribed MP's in order to survive a confidence vote on July 22,2008 which was necessiated by the CPI-M led Left Front which withdrew support from the government, who wanted to pursue an Indo-US Nuclear Deal



The case was registered in 2009 on the recommendation by a parliamentary panel which had probed the scam

The Delhi Police, in its first charge sheet filed in August 2011, had accused Mr. Singh and L K Advani’s former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni of “conspiring” and “masterminding” the cast-for-vote scam to bribe some MPs ahead of a confidence vote in Lok Sabha on July 22, 2008

Besides Amar Singh and Sudheendra Kulkarni, BJP MPs Ashok Argal and Faggan Singh Kulaste and former MP Mahabir Singh Bhagora Sanjeev Saxena, Mr. Singh’s former aide and BJP activist Sohail Hindustani are accused in the case

All the accused have been booked under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and for criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code

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