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NEW DELHI, July 22 (KUNA) -- A member of Indian Parliament's Upper House
'Rajya Sabha' was on Friday grilled by the Delhi Police in connection with his
role in the infamous 'cash-for-votes' scam which hit the country in 2008.
In the scam a plot was hatched by the Treasury benches in the Parliament to
offer cash to a few Opposition MPs in return of their votes during the voting
over the Indo-US Civil Nuclear deal which was being debated upon. In addition,
it was alleged that the MP, Amar Singh, played a key role in approaching the
Opposition MPs, arranging the money, and sending the same to the MPs.
The Opposition MPs, however, took the money inside the Parliament while the
debate over the Civil Nuclear deal was on, and alleged that the Treasury
Benches had made a bid to buy their votes. It also sparked off one of the
biggest scams that hit the Indian Parliament.
The Delhi police had summoned Amar Singh after he was named by two accused
-who have already been arrested- as the alleged 'mastermind' of the entire
operation to buy votes to save the Manmohan Singh-led UPA Government during
the 2008 trust vote.
The Delhi Police is learnt to have prepared a 12-point questionnaire for
Amar Singh on the basis of the interrogation of the accused already in
custody. (end)
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