Parliament adjourned over WikiLeaks cash for votes disclosure
March 18th, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 18 (ANI): The Opposition stalled proceedings in both Houses of Parliament on Friday over a WikiLeaks disclosure that indicated that the Congress had paid lawmakers to survive a vote of confidence in 2008.
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 12.15 p.m. after papers were laid on the table.
Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj demanded that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh should come to the House and clarify the government’s position on the expose.
In the Rajya Sabha, as the Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley wanted to raise the issue, members of the Treasury started shouted him down.
Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Khan was forced to adjourned the House till 2.30 p.m.
A set of India-related diplomatic cables on the Indo-US nuclear deal released by the WikiLeaks, claims that an aide of Congress leader Satish Sharma had told a US diplomat that the party had paid crores to several lawmakers to ensure that they voted for the deal in Parliament.
In a cable dated July 17, 2008 sent to the US State Department, Charge d’Affaires Steven White wrote about a conversation that the embassy’s political counsellor had with Rajya Sabha MP Satish Sharma. (ANI)
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