Tue, Jul 22 05:19 PM
New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) Senior BJP leader L K Advani today demanded a detailed investigation by the Lok Sabha Speaker into allegations that three of his MPs were offered Rs nine crore by Samajwadi Party for abstaining during the trust vote. "On the basis of whatever happened (on the floor of the House), we can demand from the Speaker, that as the issue is so serious, that a detailed investigation should be done," Advani told reporters here.
Advani's demand came shortly after unprecedented scenes were witnessed in the Lok Sabha when a BJP MP waved in the well of the House wads of currency notes offered as a bribe. He claimed that the three BJP MPs -- Ashok Argal, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bagora -- were offered Rs three crore each and were handed over Rs one crore each in advance.
Terming the incident as a breach of privilege, the Leader of Opposition said the MPs were given the money for abstaining from the voting during the trust vote. "In my own whole life I have not come across such a sad event.
We had received information yesterday and today. This is shameful," he said.
Advani noted that he had hinted about horse-trading in his speech yesterday while some Left members openely spoke about such things in the House. He said three BJP MPs came to him yesterday saying that they were offered Rs three crore each for "only abstaining" during the voting.
"Rs one crore was given in advance and the rest was to be given later," he claimed. "They asked me whether they can produce the money in House.
I said it is normally not allowed. But the kind of scandal it is I thought the House wiull at least adjourned," he said.
PTI.
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