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Have Full Info About Cash for Votes Case: Amar Singh

  •   Tue, Nov 08 2011 03:04:47 PM

New Delhi , Nov 08 (PTI): Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, facing prosecution for his alleged role in the 2008 cash for votes scam, on Tuesday claimed he had "full information" about the episode but refused to comment as the case was sub-judice.

"I have full information about the case. But I will not


comment as the matter is sub-judice," Singh said addressing a press conference New Delhi.

Singh, who was undergoing treatment under judicial custody at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), was granted bail by the Delhi high court on October 24 on "humanitarian grounds" in view of his medical condition.

The former Samajwadi Party leader said he has full faith in the judiciary and would not comment on the scam although a section in the SP was trying to "defame" him.

He said he would go to Singapore either on November 15 or 16 for further treatment of his kidney ailment.

"I have delayed my visit to Singapore as my doctor has gone to the US. Now I have planned to go to Singapore either on November 15 or 16. I will apprise the court about my travel plan," he said.

A Delhi court on November 1 had allowed him to go to Singapore from November 8 to November 30, stipulating that he would have to furnish a surety bond of Rs 5 lakh before going abroad.

Singh had moved the court last month for permission to go abroad. The high court, while granting bail to Singh, had said that he could not leave the country without prior permission of the lower court. He was arrested in the cash-for-vote case on September 6.

During the press conference, Singh demanded the creation of a Poorvanchal state curved out of Uttar Pradesh and asked chief minister Mayawati to bring a proposal in this regard in the winter session of state assembly.
  

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  • J N Lobo, Mumbai

    Tue, Nov 08 2011

    As far as the cash-for-votes sting operation is concerned, it was not the Congress, or even the Samajwadi Party, that was actively looking for opposition MPs because they were sure that they had the required number with them.

    BJP was very much aware of this and so, just before a day of the voting the BJP willfully set out to entrap either the Congress or the SP by “selling” three BJP MPs so it could pull off a successful sting operation and discredit the government. It appears that the adventurous Amar Sing happened to be the victim of this entrapment. This entire operation was masterminded by Advani’s right-hand-man Sudheendra Kulkarni who had the sanction and collusion of top BJP leaders, Arun Jaitley and LK Advani.

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