Congress Accuses BJP Of Providing Bribe To MLAs In Gujarat To Transfer Aspect

New Delhi:

Days after the BJP fielded 5 former Congress MLAs in Gujarat by-polls, the Congress Sunday accused the saffron party of luring legislators within the state thru financial or different inducements and demanded a judicial inquiry into it.

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi cited interviews of 3 former Congress MLAs who converted to the BJP previous this 12 months after resigning as legislators, to allege the BJP had introduced them financial or different inducements to woo them to their facet. They’ve been fielded by way of the BJP in Gujarat for by-polls to their respective Meeting seats.

Mr Singhvi claimed that Akshay Patel, Pradyumnsinh Jadeja and J V Kakadiya — who had joined the BJP in June this 12 months after resigning from the Congress — had purportedly authorised on digital camera to had been introduced inducements for switching over.

“The legislature, it’s transparent from those proofs, has develop into a pawn, a industry plaything for the BJP, which aggressively indulges within the 3Ts — Buying and selling, Trafficking and Transaction-ing with MLAs and legislators,” Mr Singhvi stated.

5 of the 8 resignees from the Congress have were given tickets for the close to impending bypolls, he identified.

Speaking about Mr Patel, Mr Singhvi stated, “The problem in any respect isn’t whether or not he authorised it or took the bribe or now not. Clearly, the ones talking have denied it. The problem is the actual colors of the offeror, the actual ethical constitutional and criminal stage, political stage at which the offeror is functioning, particularly the BJP.”

“The actual factor is in regards to the countless capability of this party to provide cash. I repeat- countless capability, matched best by way of their countless greed for energy one way or the other, extra by way of criminal, much less by way of hook,” he stated.

“The BJP guarantees that elections that mandate, which is the constitutional, democratic mandate is in truth a mandate of best 2 or Three years, It’s curtailed, interrupted, obstructed to 2-Three years by way of ‘A’ huge sums of cash, ‘B’ huge choice of resignation, ‘C’, re-offering of ministerships and ‘D’, providing of MLA tickets,” he alleged.

That is the political morality practiced by way of the ruling party on the Centre and within the state of Gujarat, he stated.

“You (BJP) create a synthetic majority, a synthetic majority is negation of the democracy, which purposes on majority, true majorities and also you do it by way of the bare use of economic energy,” he stated.

He stated the Congress calls for {that a} Perfect Courtroom sitting pass judgement on inquire into this or a minimum of a sitting Leader Justice of a Top Courtroom on the minimal.

There must be a right away registration of a Prevention of Corruption Act, FIR and similar sections of the Indian penal codes at the prison aspects, he stated.

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