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| Amar Singh unwell, will skip court |
| Cash-for-votes scam: Amar Singh unwell, will skip court today
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| INDIA
, 6-September-2011
2:24:10 AM |
| Politician Amar Singh who has been accused of offering crores as a bribe to three MPs to support the government in a trust vote will not make it to court today. Mr Singh's lawyer told a Delhi court that Mr Singh is unwell and has high blood pressure and faces the risk of infection after the kidney transplant he underwent last year. The judge seemed skeptical and has asked for detailed medical records for Mr Singh.
Mr Singh was expected to apply today for bail in what's known as the cash-for-votes scam.
Mr Singh, who is a Rajya Sabha MP, has been charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act by the Delhi Police. In 2008, he was a senior leader with the Samajwadi Party when Prime Minister Manmohan Snigh faced a no-confidence vote after the Left withdrew from the UPA government. Hours before the vote on July 22, three BJP MPs appeared in the Lok Sabha waving bundles of cash that they said added upto one crore. The MPs - Ashok Argal, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahaveer Bhagora - said the money had been offered to them by Mr Singh's associates if they promised to abstain during the vote.
After its investigation, the Delhi Police says that Mr Singh came up with the plan to buy the MPs' support; it has however failed to explain why Mr Singh wanted to orchestrate this illicit support for the UPA government, to which his party provided external support, voting with it on major legislation. Mr Singh's secretary, Sanjeev Saxena, has been arrested for handing over the money to the MPs. So has Sohail Hindustani, who claims he used to be a BJP youth activist and helped handle the transaction between Mr Singh and the trio of MPs.
The MPs had reportedly been offered three crores each; one crore was given to them ahead of the vote as an advance. The Supreme Court which is supervising the police inquiry has said it is critical for the police to now establish the source of the funds.
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