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Article: India senate walkout protests alleged politicization of sting operations.
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- December 8, 2004
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The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 8--NEW DELHI, India -- The BJP-led NDA on Tuesday walked out of the Lok Sabha during Zero Hour, protesting the alleged "misuse" of the CBI by the UPA government to nail its opponents.
Meanwhile in Bangalore, NDA convenor George Fernandes tried to target Congress chief Sonia Gandhi by accusing her of masterminding the Tehelka sting operation, and demanded that the CBI register cases against bribe givers too.
"If anybody has accepted a bribe and someone has offered it, then the bribe giver is a bigger offender than the bribe taker. The government has been very selective," he ...