Cash for vote Scam- Now votes can be purchased in Parliament also

The cash for votes scandal is a scandal in which the United Progressive Alliance, the majority-holding parliamentary-party alliance of India led by Sonia Gandhi, allegedly bribed Indian MPs in order to survive a confidence vote on 22 July 2008. The vote in the Lok Sabha arose after the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front withdrew support from the government, who wanted to pursue an Indo-US nuclear deal.

The charge sheet said that Amar Singh ( Former Samajwadi Party general secretary) along with Sanjeev Saxena bribed the MPs during the confidence motion.

On 22 July 2008, Amar Singh along with Saxena planned of bribing the MPs, and as per the plan saxena along with a person in yellow shirt delivered Rs 1 crore as an advance of Rs 9 crore as Rs 3 crore (were to be paid) to each MP Argal, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahaveer Bhagora.

The Cash for vote scandal is a scandal in which the UPA government gave bribes to Indian MPs in order to survive the confidence vote on 22 July 2008.The UPA government led by Sonia Gandhi wanted to pass Indo-US nuclear deal but the Communist party of India withdrew support from the government.

Three BJP MPs said that the UPA tried to buy their votes, and produced bags full of notes and waved in the parliament during the debate. The CPI (M) leader said that "Practically every member of parliament has been approached with offers of money and inducements." However government denied the allegations as they do every time.

On 2^nd of August BJP introduced video recordings as evidence that the three BJP MPs naming Argal, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahaveer Bhagora have been given bribes. These tapes were later broadcasted by CNN-IBN on 12^th August 2008.

Under section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with section 120 B (conspiracy) of IPC, Amar Singh was held guilty and sent to Tihar jail. He, however, had to be rushed to the AIIMS from Tihar jail after a bout of vomiting and diarrhea on September 12 evening and later the court granted him interim bail on September 15.

As per report of AIIMS on September 16, he is Stable but requires monitoring. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal relied on the medical reports and said that she leaves it to the judgement of the specialists to decide the period for which Amar is to kept under observation.
Delhi court on 21^st september  dismissed his regular as well as interim bail pleas, so now  MP Amar Singh would be arrested soon.