Article: CLEAN CHIT FOR AMAR SINGH, AHMAD PATEL IN CASH-FOR-TRUST VOTE SCAM (LEAD)

Alkesh Sharma

Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication.

New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- (IANS) Congress leader Ahmed Patel and Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh were Monday exonerated by a parliamentary panel that probed allegations that they had bought votes ahead of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's trust vote on July 22.

A seven-member panel under the chairmanship of Congress' V. Kishore Chandra S. Deo was formed after three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs - Ashok Argal, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora - stunned the nation by brandishing wads of cash in the Lok Sabha shortly before the Manmohan Singh government was to face the trust ...

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