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Indian vote buying scam and arrest of 6 lawmakers
Islamabad
February 11, 2021
LAHORE: Although incidents relating to the prevalence of electoral frauds, manipulation and rigging, etc are fairly common worldwide, and are perhaps as old as the history of ballot exercises with no end in sight, the cash-for-votes scandals involving parliamentarians themselves have been occurring relatively less frequently.
However, in countries like India, once such cash-for-votes scams involving legislators were exposed, they had serious consequences as the long arm of law immediately sprang into action, unlike Pakistan, where mere resignations have served the purpose till date. Research conducted by the Jang Group and Geo Television Network shows that in July 2008, a cash-for-votes scandal had rocked the Indian political system, not only leading to arrests of at least six lawmakers but Opposition parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had also demanded the resignation of the-then Congres