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NEW DELHI: In a reprieve for Amar Singh, the Parliamentary Committee investigating the cash-for-votes scam has in its report said there is no clinchi
ng evidence against the Samajwadi Party leader. ( Watch ) The committee has recommended a CBI probe into the case and has suggested the case needs to be investigated further. Final meeting of the committee is scheduled to be held on October 17. The Parliamentary Committee was probing allegations by three BJP MPs that they were offered money to back the Manmohan Singh government in the crucial trust vote on July 22. On September 25, the cash-for-vote scam kicked up another drama when Amar Singh, under a cloud for his alleged role in the scandal, claimed that he was being blackmailed by a BSP worker who demanded Rs five crore to change his version before the Parliamentary panel probing the matter. Azmat Ali, described by Singh as a BSP worker, had gone to Singh's residence and allegedly demanded the hefty amount for changing his statement he had given to the panel, the SP leader claimed at a press conference. Ali was detained by police at Singh's Lodhi Estate residence on his complaint. Importantly, he could not depose before the parliamentary committee probing the bribery charges levelled by three BJP MPs.
Cong, SP meet on UP alliance today | Press Trust of India / New Delhi October 3, 2008, 15:35 IST | | With Congress and Samajwadi Party set to meet today to discuss seat sharing in Uttar Pradesh, the latter clearly stated that it would not give in to Congress' demand for contesting seats it had won there in 2004, adding that the alliance needs to be a practical one "Congress is saying that it wants to retain all the seats they had won in UP during previous general elections. They also want friendly contests on seats where they had finished second. "SP will not accept any such eventuality as we want a practical alliance in the state and I want the party's dignity to be protected," SP general secretary Amar Singh said here. Referring to the discussions on seat sharing, Singh said he had been invited by Congress for a formal dialogue on seat sharing and a formal alliance in UP. "I have been invited by the Congress for a formal discussion. I may possibly meet them today itself. I wanted to have an informal discussion with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul before any formal meeting, but I have been told that Rahul Gandhi may also attend today's meeting... Let's see what happens," he said. Singh stressed on the requirement of confidence-building measures between the two parties, whose relations had hit a rough patch, after SP alleged that Congress had poached its four MLAs in Madhya Pradesh. "I have suffered a lot of pain due to the intervention of middlemen," the SP leader said. |
mohan chand sharma is dead-the Delhi encounter hero is no more Delhi Special Cell Inspector,who lead the team in the yesterday's(on Friday morning) Delhi Enconter in Jamia Nagar which killed 2 terrorists is dead due to the bullets in an is dead. The 43-year-old and seven gallantry award winner officer received several bullet injuries during the encounter. Mohan chand sharma had bullet injuries on his upper abdomen, upper arm, left shoulder and right hip, the hospital said in a medical bulletin. Compensations: The MP government announced 5 Lakhs Amar Singh,GS of Samajwadi Party announced 10 Lakhs death of mohan chand sharma
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Samajvadi Party President Mulayum Singh, left, party general secretary Amar Singh arrive at dinner party hosted by Congress party, in New Delhi, India, July 20, 2008, a day before the ...
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New Delhi, September 16 Seat-sharing talks between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) have hit a roadblock with the two parties refusing to concede any ground on their ...
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NEW DELHI, Sept. 10: The Samajwadi Party wants the Congress to recast its poll strategy in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in lieu of possible seat adjustments in UP, according to highly placed sources. After the first two rounds of seat-sharing talks, the SP and Congress have agreed to chart out a new roadmap, find ‘common ground’ and abandon seat-by-seat talks for the Lok Sabha polls in UP. SP sources claimed that given “the caste equations and ground realities” the Congress is not in a position to fight the BJP alone in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. “Congress should enlist the support of parties like Samajwadi. We are no pushovers,” said a senior leader. Sources maintained that during the interactions with the Congress delegation, SP leaders, Mr Amar Singh and Mr Ram Gopal Yadav, said that the choice of Mr Suresh Pachauri as MP state unit chief has not helped the Congress much. The Samajwadi Party feels the leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, the septuagenarian tribal leader Ms Jamuna Devi, and former PCC president, Mr Subhas Yadav, could also be given more responsibilities. However, they clarified that these are internal matter of the Congress.
“In Rajasthan, Congress seems to be already giving in the BJP just because Gujjar leader Col KS Bainsla has signed an agreement with the Raje government and has put his weight behind BJP,” said an SP leader, adding, “but it’s also a fact that under BJP, Gujjars lost about 50 lives. The Gujjars need to be tapped well and for that Congress must show flexibility to smaller parties.”
The SP is willing to take on the fight and “with caste equations and secular socialistic background can plunge into the polls”.
“The Gujjars are really unhappy with the Raje government and the Jats are openly demanding a Jat chief minister. Congress must rise to this,” the SP leader said. Jats backed the BJP in the last elections rewarding the saffron party for placing them in the Other Backward Caste (OBC) category.
The SP leader also pointed out that a group led by two rebel BJP MLAs Mr Prahald Gunjal and Mr Attar Singh Bhadana is trying to unite the Gujjars against the ruling BJP.
The SP’s claim is more explicit in Madhya Pradesh where it had eight seats in the last Assembly polls.
Besides expressing displeasure over the Congress allegedly making a bid to woo four disgruntled SP MLAs, Mr Mulayam Singh’s outfit is also examining whether projecting Union commerce minister, Mr Kamal Nath, as the future chief minister of MP is a “final decision” on the part of the Congress and is a major strategy change by Congress as it never favours projecting any chief ministerial candidate. “We are watching the development closely and would like Congress to take us seriously in states like Madhya Pradesh as we treat them with utmost regard in Uttar Pradesh,” the SP leader said.
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Samajvadi Party President Mulayum Singh, left, party general secretary Amar Singh arrive at dinner party hosted by Congress party, in New Delhi, India, July 20, 2008, a day before the Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh's government is to face a parliamentary confidence vote to determine its fate and the future of a controversial nuclear deal with the United States |
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 New Delhi, September 16 Seat-sharing talks between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) have hit a roadblock with the two parties refusing to concede any ground on their claims on about a dozen seats. After their second round of talks on September 8, the two sides had decided to formally exchange their “final list” of seats, including the contentious ones on which they wouldn’t compromise, on September 13 and meet two days later to take a final call on it. Neither has the lists been exchanged, nor has the meeting taken place.
Top leadership of the two parties, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, are now likely to sort out the differences, according to Congress sources. So far, the negotiations have been led by Rahul Gandhi, Digvijay Singh and Rita Bahuguna Joshi from the Congress, while the SP interlocutors include Amar Singh and Ram Gopal Yadav.
In the last meeting, the Congress had floated the idea of “friendly contests” on some seats, but the SP refused. The contentious seats include Farrukhabad, Pratapgarh, Mora-dabad, Kushinagar, Rampur, Gonda, Fatehpur Sikri, and Domariaganj among others.
The Congress, which had initially laid claims on 30 seats, later came down to 26, while the SP, which had initially offered 12 seats, conceded about half-dozen more during the two rounds of negotiations, said Congress sources. The ruling party at the Centre is, however, reluctant to settle for less than 25 seats on the plea that delimitation of constituencies had changed the “ground situation” in favour of Congress.
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