Author: TNN
Publication: The Times of India
Date: August 3, 2008
BJP on Sunday slammed the UPA for having bribed
its way through the trust vote in July.
Addressing a press conference, BJP leader
Arun Jaitely said: "The party has handed over a long and detailed letter
and annexures to the parliamentary committee on the cash-for-vote scam."
"We want the matter to be thoroughly
investigated," he said.
About the channel not airing the cash-for-vote
sting, he said, "We expected the channel to air the sting. The incident
has shown the subversion of the media."
Jaitley also delineated the 'three stages
of the scam'.
"In the first stage," he said, "the
MPs were invited and offered the money. Then there was a meeting where the
amount was decided. In the third stage the actual payment was made. BJP MPs
were asked to collect money from 27 Lodhi Road, but they refused to do that
because of presence of the media."
"The third fact itself is sufficient
to punish someone, but we want to present all facts to the people of this
country," he said.
Jaitley alleged that Amar Singh's aide Sanjeev
Saxena was the person who came with the money and that Saxena's phone was
used for conversations between the BJP MPs and Amar Singh.
The phone, the BJP leader said, went in disuse
after the cash-for-vote scam went public.
"This phone was in the name of HFCL and
was used openly by SP to even inform the media about SP's press conference,"
he told the press.
Jaitley also accused political parties of
using fake sting to evade the truth.
