[Assam] Inquiry says 'Indian MPs must go'

[Chan Mahanta]

Question is what good that will do? It is yet another chapter in the 
charade, that's all.











At 9:02 AM -0600 12/23/05, Barua25 wrote:
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>Inquiry says 'Indian MPs must go'
>
>
>Parliament has been rocked by a string of allegations
>A committee probing an alleged "cash-for-questions" scam involving 
>10 Indian MPs has recommended they be expelled, reports say.
>
>The five-member committee has ruled that their continuance was 
>"untenable" the Press Trust of India reports.
>
>The MPs were secretly videotaped by a news website and a news 
>channel allegedly accepting money for asking questions in parliament.
>
>Some of the MPs shown in the videotape named said they had been framed.
>
>All 10 MPs and another MP from the upper house - who was also shown 
>allegedly accepting money - have been suspended.
>
>Six of the MPs belong to the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party 
>(BJP), three to the regional Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and one each 
>to the ruling Congress Party and its ally, the Rashtriya Janata Dal 
>(RJD).
>
>'Fund' scam
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>On Tuesday, the speaker of India's parliament ordered an 
>investigation into a second scandal, after seven MPs were seen 
>allegedly asking for bribes on Indian television.
>
>India's Star News channel broadcast video footage of the MPs 
>apparently seeking a commission to approve public works projects in 
>their constituencies.
>
>At least one of the MPs has challenged the accusation.
>
>The MPs were said to have misused a fund aimed at developing their 
>constituencies.
>
>Every MP in both the lower and upper house of parliament is given 
>20m rupees ($445,000) each year to fund development projects in 
>their constituencies.
>
>Nearly five years ago, pioneering Indian news website Tehelka taped 
>video footage of senior politicians, bureaucrats and Indian army 
>officers apparently taking money in connection with a defence deal.
>
>The scandal forced the resignation of the then BJP president, 
>Bangaru Laxman, and former federal defence minister, George 
>Fernandes.
>
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