BJP files complaint with Speaker on cash for votes

Neena Vyas NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday filed a formal complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on the issue of the alleged bribing of three of its MPs ahead of the trust vote in the House on July 22. A senior BJP leader involved in drafting the complaint told The Hindu that the names of Amar Singh and Ahmed Patel, political secretary to the Congress president, figure in the complaint. Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh reiterated at a press conference that he would “quit public life if there was any evidence of his offering or giving money to any MP.” Video footage On a day when charges were traded by the BJP and the SP, the BJP claimed there was video-footage to support the complaint. Mr. Amar Singh challenged the party to produce the video. He said that after the former BJP... [read full story]