Former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh was on Wednesday charge sheeted in a Delhi Court in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam along with two former Members of Parliament of the Bharatiya Janata Party and L.K. Advani’s former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to bribe MPs ahead of a confidence vote in Lok Sabha.
Mr. Kulkarni has been dubbed as the “mastermind” of the scam and he allegedly remained in touch with all conspirators and was present when the “illegal gratification” was paid to the MPs, according to the charge sheet.
The two former BJP MPs named in the charge sheet are Phagan Singh Kuleste and Mahaveer Singh Bhagoda.
Sanjeev Saxena, former aide of Mr. Amar Singh and Suhail Hindustani, an alleged BJP activist, who are in judicial custody, have also been charge sheeted in the case.
However, the name of sitting BJP MP Ashok Argal, who was sought to be bribed to disobey the party line, was not mentioned in the charge sheet and Delhi Police said it would file a supplementary charge sheet after taking the requisite sanction to prosecute him.
The 80-page charge sheet was filed before Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal. It will come up for cognisance before her on Thursday.
It alleged that Mr. Amar Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP, “conspired” with Saxena and others to bribe the then MPs and Mr. Kulkarni played an “active role” during the confidence motion.
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