New Delhi: Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former aide of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, was Tuesday sent to judicial custody till Oct 1 in connection with the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal.
Kulkarni, who appeared before Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal after repeatedly failing to do so Sep 6 and Sep 19 on the ground that he was in the US, was sent to Tihar jail.
He had applied for interim bail, which was rejected.
The court had on Sep 19 warned Kulkarni's counsel that if he failed to appear on the next date, the court would issue an arrest warrant against him.
Speaking to reporters here, Kulkarni said that he acted as a whistle blower and his aim was to expose the corrupt practices of the Congress party led Central government.
"I was the mastermind who exposed this scam of corruption and whatever I did was right because it is essential for the public of the country to know that how the parliamentarians elected by them have been purchased by giving them Rs. 10 or 20 crores If our MPs or MLAs would be bought like this then what would be the future of Indian democracy? It was our duty to expose it, which I did," said Kulkarni.
Kulkarni further said that he was not afraid to go to the jail in case the court found him guilty.
"Now the issue is that, who was the ultimate beneficiary of this scam, because the government got all benefits out of this scam and remained in the power. But after three years, all the government's representatives who were involved in the scam are roaming scot-free and those who tried to expose it were detained. If the court would send me to the jail then I am ready for it," he said.
He also said that he has "nothing to hide". "I am not running away from anyone," he added.
"I am ready to go to jail if exposing corruption is a crime," he said.
The cash-for-votes scam had rocked proceedings in the Lok Sabha in 2008, when the ruling UPA Government, led by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, allegedly bribed lawmakers of other parties to help winning the confidence vote.
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