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Court puts 11 ex-MPs on trial in 2005 cash-for-query case

Special Judge Kiran Bansal put the 11 former MPs and an individual on trial, which will commence from January 12.

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Twelve years after 11 former parliamentarians were found to be indulged in a scam, a Delhi court put them on trial on Thursday following allegations of graft and criminal conspiracy in connection to the 2005 cash for query scam. 

Special Judge Kiran Bansal put the 11 former MPs and an individual on trial, which will commence from January 12.

The former MPs accused in the case are YG Mahajan, Chhatarpal Singh Lodha, Anna Saheb MK Patil, Chandra Pratap Singh, Pradeep Gandhi, and Suresh Chandel (all BJP); Narender Kumar Kushwaha, Lal Chandra Kol, and Raja Rampal (all BSP); and Manoj Kumar (RJD), and Ram Sewak Singh (Congress).

A sting operation against the then MPs was conducted by two journalists which was telecast on a private news channel on December 12, 2005. The sting, which showed them taking cash for raising questions in Parliament, came to be known as the cash-for-query scam.

In December 2005, the Lok Sabha had expelled 10 members, while Lodha was removed from the Rajya Sabha. The prosecution had relied upon the CDs/DVDs containing conversations among the accused and others.

The court also framed charges against Rampal’s then PA, Ravinder Kumar, special public prosecutor Atul Shrivastava said. 

The proceedings against one of an accused, Vijay Phogat, have been abated as he has passed away. Phogat was alleged to be a middleman.

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