Amar Singh arrested due to cash for votes case !!!

Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was arrested & sent into judicial custody for 14 days on Tuesday, charged with involvement in the cash-for-votes scandal, potentially causing more embarrassment for the ruling Congress party shaken by a series of graft scandals.

 

                Singh is accused of conspiring to bribe opposition lawmakers during a 2008 confidence vote on a landmark civilian nuclear deal with Washington. He was charged late in August in d case & a judge rejected a plea for bail on Tuesday, sending him into custody. It was d second arrest this week of a high-profile politician in India. It comes less than two weeks since social activist Anna Hazare, 74, ended a hunger strike as part of a campaign for parliament to consider anti-corruption legislation following a series of graft scandals under the Congress Party-led government that rocked public confidence. Singh denied the charges through a lawyer. "There is no evidence corroborating these allegations," Singh's lawyer, Ashgar Khan, told reporters. "This is a false and concocted story made by the prosecution or by some other person," he added. In 2008, Manmohan Singh led a shaky coalition government supported by communist parties 4rm d outside who opposed the nuclear deal. He sought d support of d Samajwadi party among others outside d government to win a majority in parliament. D Congress party returned to power in May 2009, also in a coalition. Police had earlier arrested a former aide to Amar Singh over allegations of attempting to bribe other lawmakers to vote for the nuclear deal. 3 members from the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also told a parliamentary inquiry that Singh had offered them the bribes, after speaking to Ahmed Patel, the powerful political secretary to Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi. A U.S. diplomatic cable, published by the WikiLeaks website, also suggested that the Congress party had attempted bribery. Amar Singh has a reputation for brushes with controversy, florid language and friendships with some of the country's biggest movie stars.