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Inflation Goes Viral : Rajya Sabha Seat to Cost 100 Crore


Congress leader Choudhary Birender Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP stirs a debate with his controversial rather shameful claim that a Rajya Sabha seat  can be got for Rs 100 crore.

The controversy started when the Rajya Sabha MP from Hariyana, while addressing a rally in Jind , said that once someone had told him that while he had a budget of Rs 100 crore for a Rajya Sabha membership, but actually ended up paying only 80 crore and hence made a saving of 20 crore. We presume this may not be the same in 2014 with steep rise in inflation, the saving may be gone.

The opposition embarked  on to this controversial comment and the BJP accused the UPA government as “deal strikers” and bringing the dirty politic in Indian democracy. The whole of last UPA Govt. indulged in major corruptions scams, which were propagated by their members with  such evil money minded ideology.

Of course  the MP was forced to change his version as the practice now a days prevalent and he indulged in damage control and accused the media of giving an "entirely wrong version" to the public of what he had said.

The MP gladly accepted that there is a new trend of the MP’s in the both houses that more wealthy politicians are entering the houses with a vision of buying anything and everything at a cost and of course they can afford to pay for that. He confirmed  to a 2009 Lok Sabha election report which stated that  there were 360 crorepati and 20 arabpati winning candidates .