Bjp Cash-for-votes

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) backed candidate Asha Lakra was on Friday declared winner in the Ranchi mayoral election, more than a year after the polls were cancelled over cash-for-vote allegations.

Three BJP MPs, who waved wads of currency notes in Parliament in 2008, alleging that they were bribed to save the Manmohan Singh government in a trust vote, were let off by a Delhi court today.

A court hearing the 2008 case on the alleged bribing of MPs by the UPA government to survive a confidence vote in parliament Monday allowed a plea by an accused seeking further investigations into the money trail.

Alleged BJP activist Sohail Hindustani, an accused in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, was today rebuked by a Delhi court for sporting sunglasses inside the courtroom during its proceedings.Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal pulled up Hindustani after the brief hearing in the case.

Barely hours after former BJP advisor Sudheendra Kulkarni walked out of Tihar Jail last evening, he reportedly got a call from senior party leader LK Advani who, sources say, congratulated him and asked him to take his fight to expose the wrongdoers in the cash-for-votes scam to its logical and legal end. Interestingly, the veteran leader is also s...

Former BJP advisor Sudheendra Kulkarni and two former BJP MPs Mahavir Singh Bhagora and Faggan Singh Kulaste walked out of Tihar Jail this evening. They were granted bail in the cash-for-votes case yesterday by the Delhi High Court.

Cash-for-votes scam: The High Court in Delhi today granted bail to three key players in the cash-for-votes scam case. The trio - Sudheendra Kulkarni and two former BJP MPs Mahavir Singh Bhagora and Faggan Singh Kulaste - were arrested in September in the case related to the alleged attempt to bribe MPs ahead of the 2008 trust vote in Lok Sabha.

BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today met Sudheendra Kulkarni and two other former party MPs at Tihar Jail and said it was beyond his comprehension as to why they were not being granted bail despite being chargesheeted in the cash-for-votes case.

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the police on the bail pleas of four accused, including Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former aide of BJP leader LK Advani, and two ex-BJP MPs in the cash-for-vote scam.

With land and mining scams dogging the BJP government in Karnataka, party's veteran leader L K Advani, today, said the BJP will not make any compromise with corruption in the states ruled by it.

The BJP's Sushma Swaraj made a Diwali visit to Tihar Jail today to meet two party men and the BJP's former strategist Sudheendra Kulkarni, all arrested in the cash-for-votes scam case.

Tihar Jail in the Capital will have a high-profile visitor today. BJP's Sushma Swaraj has said she will go there at 3pm in the afternoon to meet jailed former MPs of her party.

Sudheendra Kulkarni, who was arrested on September 27, will continue to stay in Tihar Jail. A Delhi court today said Mr Kulkarni, a former advisor to the BJP's top brass, made "an attempt to subvert the state of democracy."

A court in Delhi today dismissed the bail plea of Sudheendra Kulkarni, a close aide of senior BJP leader LK Advani, in connection with the 2008 cash-for-votes scam. Kulkarni was arrested and sent to Tihar Jail last month.

BJP MP Ashok Argal was today chargesheeted by the Delhi police in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam in a court here which will decide on his summoning on October 7.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) backed candidate Asha Lakra was on Friday declared winner in the Ranchi mayoral election, more than a year after the polls were cancelled over cash-for-vote allegations.

Three BJP MPs, who waved wads of currency notes in Parliament in 2008, alleging that they were bribed to save the Manmohan Singh government in a trust vote, were let off by a Delhi court today.

A court hearing the 2008 case on the alleged bribing of MPs by the UPA government to survive a confidence vote in parliament Monday allowed a plea by an accused seeking further investigations into the money trail.

Alleged BJP activist Sohail Hindustani, an accused in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, was today rebuked by a Delhi court for sporting sunglasses inside the courtroom during its proceedings.Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal pulled up Hindustani after the brief hearing in the case.

Barely hours after former BJP advisor Sudheendra Kulkarni walked out of Tihar Jail last evening, he reportedly got a call from senior party leader LK Advani who, sources say, congratulated him and asked him to take his fight to expose the wrongdoers in the cash-for-votes scam to its logical and legal end. Interestingly, the veteran leader is also s...

Former BJP advisor Sudheendra Kulkarni and two former BJP MPs Mahavir Singh Bhagora and Faggan Singh Kulaste walked out of Tihar Jail this evening. They were granted bail in the cash-for-votes case yesterday by the Delhi High Court.

Cash-for-votes scam: The High Court in Delhi today granted bail to three key players in the cash-for-votes scam case. The trio - Sudheendra Kulkarni and two former BJP MPs Mahavir Singh Bhagora and Faggan Singh Kulaste - were arrested in September in the case related to the alleged attempt to bribe MPs ahead of the 2008 trust vote in Lok Sabha.

BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today met Sudheendra Kulkarni and two other former party MPs at Tihar Jail and said it was beyond his comprehension as to why they were not being granted bail despite being chargesheeted in the cash-for-votes case.

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the police on the bail pleas of four accused, including Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former aide of BJP leader LK Advani, and two ex-BJP MPs in the cash-for-vote scam.

With land and mining scams dogging the BJP government in Karnataka, party's veteran leader L K Advani, today, said the BJP will not make any compromise with corruption in the states ruled by it.

The BJP's Sushma Swaraj made a Diwali visit to Tihar Jail today to meet two party men and the BJP's former strategist Sudheendra Kulkarni, all arrested in the cash-for-votes scam case.

Tihar Jail in the Capital will have a high-profile visitor today. BJP's Sushma Swaraj has said she will go there at 3pm in the afternoon to meet jailed former MPs of her party.

Sudheendra Kulkarni, who was arrested on September 27, will continue to stay in Tihar Jail. A Delhi court today said Mr Kulkarni, a former advisor to the BJP's top brass, made "an attempt to subvert the state of democracy."

A court in Delhi today dismissed the bail plea of Sudheendra Kulkarni, a close aide of senior BJP leader LK Advani, in connection with the 2008 cash-for-votes scam. Kulkarni was arrested and sent to Tihar Jail last month.

BJP MP Ashok Argal was today chargesheeted by the Delhi police in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam in a court here which will decide on his summoning on October 7.