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Article: Ahmed Patel, Amar Singh tried to bribe us: BJP MP

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July 22, 2008
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New Delhi, July 22 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Fagan Singh Kulaste Tuesday alleged that Ahmed Patel of the Congress party and Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh were involved in trying to bribe him and two other BJP MPs to abstain from the trust vote in parliament.

"We (Kulaste, Ashok Argal and Mahavir Bhagora) were told that a meeting was to be held at Le Meridien Hotel with Ahmed Patel last night (Monday night).

"Patel (political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi) came to our house last night to ask us to abstain from voting. We told him that whatever has to be said should be said by Amar ...

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