09-28-2011, 02:34 PM
[url="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Advani-Jaitley-meet-cash-for-vote-scam-accused/H1-Article1-751157.aspx"]Advani, Jaitley meet cash-for-vote scam accused[/url]
Quote:Senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Arun Jaitley on Wednesday visited Tihar Prisons to meet Sudheendra Kulkarni and former party MPs lodged at the jail in connection with the cash-for-vote scam.
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Kulaste and Bhagora along with their colleague Ashok Argal had created a sensation by displaying wads of currency notes worth Rs one crore in the Lok Sabha during the July 2008 trust vote and alleged that the money was given to them to buy their votes.
They had alleged that Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh had offered them the bribe on behalf of the ruling Congress party to save the UPA-I government. Singh was granted bail on health grounds which has been rejcted by the trial court.