Supreme Court of India. , Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
Supreme Court On Monday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was asked to investigate the allegations of conspiracy by the BJP. Poaching of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs of Telangana,
“The investigation is not to be continued till the pendency of the matter or it will become infructuous. This is the general rule.”
The Telangana government has argued in the Supreme Court that transferring the case to the CBI would prove ineffective as it was “controlled by the BJP”.
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The state had on November 9 ordered formation of a seven-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged attempt to poach the MLAs. The High Court later transferred the case from SIT to CBI,
Of the four MLAs, Ramachandra Bharti alias Satish Sharma, Nandu Kumar and Singhayaji Swamy were already named as accused after a complaint was filed by BRS MLA Pilot Rohit Reddy on October 26.
The trio was arrested when they were allegedly luring four MLAs of the ruling BRS to join the BJP. Recently he got bail from the High Court.
According to the copy of the First Information Report, Mr Reddy alleged that the accused offered him ₹100 crore and in return the MLA had to leave the TRS, now the BRS, and contest the next assembly election as a BJP candidate.
He reportedly asked Mr. Reddy to bring in more BRS MLAs by offering ₹50 crore each to join the BJP.