07-24-2008, 08:57 PM
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'Bribed' BJP MPs asked to file formal complaints </b>
Posted online: Thursday , July 24, 2008 at 02:03:02
Updated: Thursday , July 24, 2008 at 02:03:02
New Delhi, July 24: The three BJP MPs who alleged they were offered Rs three crore each for abstaining in the trust vote have been asked to give a formal complaint by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
In a communication to the three MPs -- Ashok Argal, Mahavir Bhagora and Fagan Singh Kulste -- last night, the Secretariat asked them to present their version officially to enable it to take the case forward, official sources said.
The Lok Sabha witnessed unprecedented drama on July 22 when the BJP members walked in the middle of the House flashing wads of currency notes claiming that it was given by a Samajwadi Party leader as bribe for absenting himself from the trust vote.
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had said on Wednesday that nobody will be spared if found guilty in the allegations of bribery to three BJP MPs for abstaining from the vote of confidence.
Describing the incident when one of the MPs displayed bundles of currency allegedly given to him as bribe as "most unfortunate and a very sad day in the history of Parliament", the Speaker promised that all possible steps will be taken as custodian of the House.
'Bribed' BJP MPs asked to file formal complaints </b>
Posted online: Thursday , July 24, 2008 at 02:03:02
Updated: Thursday , July 24, 2008 at 02:03:02
New Delhi, July 24: The three BJP MPs who alleged they were offered Rs three crore each for abstaining in the trust vote have been asked to give a formal complaint by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
In a communication to the three MPs -- Ashok Argal, Mahavir Bhagora and Fagan Singh Kulste -- last night, the Secretariat asked them to present their version officially to enable it to take the case forward, official sources said.
The Lok Sabha witnessed unprecedented drama on July 22 when the BJP members walked in the middle of the House flashing wads of currency notes claiming that it was given by a Samajwadi Party leader as bribe for absenting himself from the trust vote.
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had said on Wednesday that nobody will be spared if found guilty in the allegations of bribery to three BJP MPs for abstaining from the vote of confidence.
Describing the incident when one of the MPs displayed bundles of currency allegedly given to him as bribe as "most unfortunate and a very sad day in the history of Parliament", the Speaker promised that all possible steps will be taken as custodian of the House.