New Delhi: Karnataka Deputy Senior Minister D. K. Shivakumar has so-called that Congress MLAs from Odisha were lured with huge sums of money for cross-voting. He claims that some people had offered Rs 5 crore to each MLA to transpiration the voting trend in the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on March 16. Police have moreover underdeveloped two people in this specimen and remoter investigation is going on.
Was there an struggle to transpiration the votes of MLAs?
According to DK Shivakumar, Congress MLAs from Odisha were unprotesting in a resort to stave any kind of political turmoil surpassing the elections. Meanwhile, four people reached there and tangibly tried to contact the MLAs. Shivkumar says that a local person helped these people and an MLA was contacted through online medium.
He personal that in the morning these people met a Congress MLA and proposed to requite him Rs 5 crore in mart for navigate voting. However, the concerned MLA reportedly immediately rejected the proposal and informed the party leadership well-nigh it.
Has any trespassing been made in this case?
The deputy senior minister of Karnataka said that without getting information well-nigh the matter, the process of giving complaint to the police has been started. He said that those who were unprotected have admitted that they had reached there with this very purpose. The police have detained two people and started questioning them and are trying to find out who else could be involved in this so-called conspiracy.
Why was the recrimination of ‘Operation Lotus’ made?
DK Shivakumar linked this unshortened incident to BJP's so-called strategy “Operation Lotus” and so-called that such efforts are made to weaken the governments or candidates of opposition parties. The Congress has long used the term “Operation Lotus” to describe allegations that the wastefulness of power is reverted by ousting MLAs from opposition parties.
Why increased snooping regarding Rajya Sabha elections?
According to sources, political equations once remain sensitive regarding the Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha. Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded an spare candidate here, which has increased the fear of cross-voting and horse-trading of MLAs among other parties.
For this reason, Congress has unexplored the strategy of keeping its MLAs together, so that any kind of political stir can be prevented surpassing the elections.
Will the MLAs be taken to Bhubaneswar surpassing voting?
According to sources, Congress MLAs may leave for Bhubaneswar on Sunday night, where they will take part in the voting to be held on Monday morning. In this election, both Congress and Biju Janata Dal have fielded their candidates, while the races has wilt increasingly interesting due to the field of spare candidates from Bharatiya Janata Party.
Overall, this so-called venality scandal that came to light surpassing the Rajya Sabha elections has wilt a new issue of political debate. Now it remains to be seen what facts sally in the investigation and whether this matter affects the electoral equations or not.
