Indian parliament rocked on vote buying revelations

Indian parliament rocked on vote buying revelations
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Summary The Indian parliament on Tuesday turned hostile towards Manmohan Singh on vote buying issue.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj demanded an immediate discussion on the prime minister’s statement on the matter. The opposition also tabled a privilege motion against Manmohan Singh.US diplomatic cables revealed that Singh had paid huge amount of money to the parliamentarians to stop a no trust motion against him.The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, said that Manmohan Singh was misleading the public by claiming that the leaked US diplomatic cables were not authentic.