PM might respond again on Cash-for-Vote
With the Opposition turning the heat on the Prime Minister and stalling the parliament with walkouts over what they called his “misleading” statement on the Cash-for-Vote scandal, Manmohan Singh might respond again to the charges in the House on Wednesday.
Media reports said the PM might respond again to the charges in Parliament which witnessed pandemonium on Tuesday over the issue and both the houses- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha- had to be adjourned.
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) moved a privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue Tuesday saying the PM “misled” the House on the scandal of July 2008 that exploded again after the WikiLeaks cables were made public.
According to the Opposition, the WikiLeaks cables of a US diplomat claiming he was shown money by a Congress aide to buy MPs, clearly indicates that the government had purchased lawmakers in July 2008 to survive a trust vote after the communists withdrew support to the government over a civil nuclear deal with the US.
The BJP Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj sent a breach of privilege notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holding that his reply on the Cash-for-Vote issue was not an honest reply.
The Speaker acknowledged receipt of the notice and said it was under consideration.
Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were both adjourned over the ruckus on WikiLeaks cables on Tuesday and a demand for discussion on the issue.
The Opposition should be allowed to speak, said L K Advani of BJP while the Left Parties said a discussion on the PM’s statement on the WikiLeaks revelations was needed.
BJP takes on the Prime Minister for allegedly ?misleading? the House by asserting that no Congress members were involved in vote-buying.
Defying resignation calls from BJP, Singh had questioned the veracity of the claims based on U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks that accused members of his government of paying off lawmakers ahead of the crucial vote.
