Chandigarh, July 31 (ANI): Hitting out at the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and various other senior leaders of ruling Congress Party over the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that the UPA Government is not ready to take action against those, who tried to bribe the lawmakers.
Speaking at a seminar in Chandigarh on Saturday, BJP President Nitin Gadkari said: "The lawmakers were being bought by Prime Minister and leaders (of ruling Congress party). This happened during the reign of Narasimha Rao and this time also it has happened. The government is not ready to take action against those who tried to bribe the lawmakers. If this is the way government will function then what will be the future of Indian democracy?"
The cash-for-votes scandal is an alleged scandal in which the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre is accused of bribing MPs to win the vote-of-confidence over the crucial Indo-US nuclear deal in July 2008.
Gadkari also raised question over the report of Shunglu Committee, which is probing into the Commonwealth Games scam.
"The Shunglu committee was appointed by government and when a report of that committee comes not in the favour of Delhi chief, then the state government rejects that report completely, while the federal government maintains silence over the report of their appointed committee. What kind of democracy is this?" he asked.
The Prime Minister had appointed the high-level committee on October 25, 2010, to investigate and report all irregularities in executing various projects by several government agencies during the 2010-sporting extravaganza.
In its report submitted to the PMO, the Shunglu panel blamed CWG Organising Committee and certain officials for delay in executing contracts for the games.
The Shunglu panel has also questioned "delays" in executing a number of contracts.
The panel headed by V.K. Shunglu had on January 31 submitted its first report on alleged irregularities in awarding broadcasting rights during the sporting extravaganza and recommended strict action against suspended Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharti B S Lalli and former Director General (Doordarshan) Aruna Sharma under relevant Sections of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act for their alleged act of omission and commission.
Both Lalli, a 1971-batch IAS officer, and Sharma (1982 batch IAS officer of MP cadre) are facing allegations of irregularities in the Rs.246 crore deal struck by public broadcasting body which included the controversial decision to give the contract for broadcast of the Games to a UK-based firm SIS Live.
The second and third report submitted by the Committee on the Games Village and the city's infrastructure has indicted Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejinder Khanna and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, among several others, for delays and losses in projects related to the 2010 Games. (ANI)
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