25 July,2011 08:04 AM IST | | Anurag Jadli
Delhi Police's Crime Branch will on Monday question Samajwadi Party MP Rewati Raman Singh in connection with the cash-for-vote scam. BJP MP Ashok Argal, who was allegedly given the bribe money, and BJP leader LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni are also likely to be questioned this week before police submit their status report to Supreme Court on Friday.
Mulayam Singh Yadav
"Police have issued a notice to Rewati Raman Singh to appear on Monday. Cops also plan to question Argal and Kulkarni before we submit the status report to Supreme Court. If something new comes up, Amar Singh may be called for questioning once again," a senior police official said.
Investigators are trying to trace the money trail in the alleged bribing of BJP MPs in the scam. Delhi Police had swung into action after being pulled up by Supreme Court. Police then arrested Amar Singh's former aide Sanjeev Saxena and BJP worker Suhail Hindustani in this connection. Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh was then called by the police for questioning. He was set free after interrogation.u00a0
Yesterday, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav came out in support of his former colleague Amar Singh. Mulayam termed his questioning by Delhi Police as 'injustice' and said he would help the Rajya Sabha MP to 'sail through' the crisis.
"Delhi Police should have not called Amar Singh for the questioning in connection with cash-for-vote scam. A conspiracy has been hatched to trouble our MP Rewati Raman Singh along with Amar Singh. Amar has helped Congress many times during the 2008 trust vote as Samajwadi Party voted in favour of the UPA," Yadav said.
Past matters
The scam exploded hours ahead of the trust vote on July 22, 2008, when three BJP MPs -Ashok Argal, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora - walked into the Lok Sabha brandishing bundles of cash.
At that time, Singh was a senior leader of the Samajwadi Party, which was an ally of the UPA coalition at the Centre.
