NEW DELHI: Bhartiya Janshakti leader Uma Bharti on Friday accused the BJP of planning the cash-for-vote incident during the trust vote in Lok Sabha.
Addressing a press conference, she alleged the hand of a BJP general secretary, a party chief minister and some MPs in the whole episode.
Bharti played a CD to the reporters that showed some activity at the house of a BSP leader and a BJP leader after which it showed a person going to the house of BJP MP Ashok Argal with a bag.
Argal was in the news last week when he along with two other MPs displayed wads of currency notes in the Lok Sabha claiming it was offered by Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh as bribe to make them abstain during the confidence vote.
The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said that she had met the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chaterjee and gave him the CD and the transcript, which she wanted him to inquire into.
Bharti said that she would give the CD to BJP leader L K Advani, adding that "after watching it he should do some soul searching and take action against the concerned leaders".
Sources close to Advani, however, later denied that any appointment had been given to Bharati.
Bharti claimed that the CD was given to her by a person named Chudamani Patel, a lawyer, who she said also accompanied her to the Speaker's residence. Patel was also present during the press conference.
Bharti said that she had got the voices recorded in the CD verified and watched the entire CD herse
