Plea in SC seeks SIT probe into allegations of poaching of MLAs in Telangana

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking constitution of a special investigation team SIT under the supervision of the apex court to conduct probe into allegations of poaching of MLAs in Telangana and prosecute those involved in itThe plea claimed that horse trading is not easy to detect and this has become a serious threat to the basic structure of the democratic countryMLAs who accept bribes to switch loyalty are as public servants committing a crime under the Prevention of Corruption PC Act Leaders who offer bribes to MLAs are also committing a crime under the PC Act said the plea filed by advocate M L SharmaIt alleged that there have been conspiracies to dethrone elected governments in Telangana Andhra Pradesh Delhi and RajasthanThe plea claimed that this conspiracy is a serious threat to the basic structure of the democratic country which is liable to be stopped coupled with further prosecution of the accused person involved in the present caseOn November 3 Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had said the persons arrested in connection with the TRS MLAs poaching case were planning to topple four state governments including his own and Congressruled Rajasthan and appealed to the judiciary to safeguard democracyIn a separate matter the apex court had on Friday agreed to hear on November 7 a plea filed by three persons who were directed by the Telangana High Court to surrender before police in connection with the alleged bid to poach Telangana Rashtra Samithi TRS MLAsThe top court had posted the case for November 7 and asked the trial court to consider the bail of the three accused on merits in the meantimeThe accused had moved the apex court saying the complaint against them is politically motivated and liable to be set asideThe high court on October 29 had set aside a lower courts order and directed the accused to surrender before policeA local court had rejected the remand of three people who were arrested by the Cyberabad police on the charge of allegedly trying to coax four TRS legislators into defecting over not following the procedure of issuing a notice before the arrestFollowing the Telangana Rashtra Samithis allegations that the BJP tried to poach some of its MLAs the saffron party which has denied these claims filed a writ petition in the high court seeking a CBI probeBased on a complaint by Pilot Rohith Reddy one of the legislators cases under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act were filed against the trio Ramachandra Bharati Kore Nandu Kumar and Simhayaji Swamy on October 26 nightAccording to the FIR Rohith Reddy alleged that the accused offered him Rs 100 crore and in return the legislator had to leave the TRS and contest as a BJP candidate in the next Assembly electionsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever