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Article: Amar Singh rejects having a role in cash for vote scam

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July 22, 2008
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New Delhi, July 22 -- Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh on Tuesday strongly rebutted allegations that he had paid Rupees one crore each to three BJP MPS' in exchange for them abstaining from this evening's trust vote.

Addressing a packed news conference at his residence in the capital, Singh said that he has very sick for the last three days, and had not moved out of his house at all.

He further went onto say that former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh was at his house all this time, and there was no way he could have given this money to the BJP MPS' without being watched ...

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