Amar Singh, six others chargesheeted in cash-for-vote scam

New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and six others were on Wednesday charged in a Delhi court in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam.

Sudheendra Kulkarni, former aide of BJP MP L.K Advani, has also been named in the chargesheet.

BJP MP Ashok Argal, former BJP MPs, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahaveer Bhagoda are among those who have been chargesheeted in the case.

Suhail Hindustani, a BJP worker and Amar Singh's former aide Sanjeev Saxena whose names also figure in the chargesheet, are already in the judicial custody.

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. (ANI)