NEW DELHI: A day after India signed the United Nations Convention Against Corruption in New York, 11 MPs were caught on video taking bribes through touts to raise issues in the Indian parliament.| C-SPAN has better reach than I thought. |
An embarrassed BJP, which was using the Volker Committee report to pressure Congress, suspended six of its MPs involved in the scam: Annasaheb MK Patil (Erandol) and YG Mahajan (Jalgaon) from Maharashtra, Suresh Chandel from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, Pradip Gandhi from Rajnahdgaon, Chhattisgah, Chandrapratap Singh from Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa Rajya Sabha member Chhatrapal Lodha.
Three others belonging to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) - Narendra Kumar Kushwaha, Lal Chandra and Raja Ram, all from Uttar Pradesh - while one each from the ruling Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal - Ramsevak Singh of Gwalior and Manoj Kumar of Jharkhand â were also suspended by their parties. Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee asked the 11 MPs not to attend parliament till he completed an inquiry.