New Delhi: Terming cash-for-vote scam as the biggest blot on Indian democracy, BJP on Sunday sharpened its attack on Congress in the wake of Sanjeev Saxena's arrest in the case, saying it had exposed the party's alleged protection to the corrupt.
"The Manmohan Singh-led Congress government today stands exposed for converting a minority into a majority by luring MPs of other political parties in lieu of cash,", said BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar.
Demanding a fair, speedy and impartial probe into the cash-for-vote scam, he said the real face of the government is now coming out before everyone.
"The government which had no majority, garnered it by dubious means. They lured MPs from various parties and converted a minority into a majority," Javadekar said.
The BJP leader hoped, "I am sure if the inquiry is conducted in an impartial manner and speedily, it will expose the relationship between Sanjeev Saxena and Amar Singh. The design of the Congress of how it converted a minority government into a majority by luring MPs of other parties in lieu of cash will be unearthed and exposed".
"In this country, you can kill anybody, but you cannot kill the truth".
Javadekar said, "The police and the government must do their job honestly and with speed and we are very sure, the truth will emerge. We welcome that truth has come out, but only after the Supreme Court intervened".
Sharpening its attack on the government, the BJP leader charged it with not acting against the corrupt and protecting them instead.
"This is the Congress culture of not acting against the corrupt and instead protecting it. The Congress government acts against corruption only after Supreme Court directs it. Today this has been proved right."
Javadekar said, "The country has now seen that the government is not at all interested in exposing the corrupt, unless the Supreme Court mandates it. The Supreme Court has ordered the inquiry into the cash-for-vote scam and the first arrest has taken place in the form of Saxena."
The BJP leader further said, "It is also clear now how the truth was stopped from coming out earlier. The Congress was not interested to look into the matter and was delaying the enquiry, because ultimately they will be unmasked and their corrupt practices would come out in the open".
He lamented that it was not because of the government's will that the truth had come out. "It has come out only after the Supreme Court directions and intervention. If the truth comes out, the connection between Amar Singh and accused Sanjeev Saxena - of how they collaborated and used dubious means to prove the government's majority."
On accused Saxena, the BJP leader said he was the same man who lured the three BJP MPs and brought the cash to be handed over to them and who is on record and on camera showing Rupees One crore to be offered to the three mps as first instalment, in lieu of their support to the Congress-led UPA government in 2008.
He said the BJP MPs had instead decided to unearth and expose the scam after risking their lives. "Now everything is on record and I am very sure that those involved will also show courage to show records and truth will finally emerge".
Sanjeev Saxena was today arrested by the Delhi Police in the cash-for-vote scam, after the Apex Court pulled up the government only two days ago for conducting a shoddy probe into the scam.
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