Cash-for-vote case probe affected by political compulsions: Amar Singh

NEW DELHI: Attacking Delhi Police over its handling of cash-for-vote case, former SP leader Amar Singh has alleged that people against whom there is concrete evidence are walking free because of political compulsions.

"I am alone. There is audio-video evidence of Reoti Raman Singh but because he has 22 MPs, he has gone scot free. Police have ignored the evidence against Reoti but courts have not and that is why he is being summoned now," Amar Singh, who is an accused in the case and is out on bail, said in an interview to Aaj Tak.

Claiming that there was only circumstantial evidence against him, the Rajya Sabha MP said, "It is a funny charge. I am charged with saving the UPA government, that I facilitated the nuclear deal."

Singh said supporting the nuclear deal was in national interest and if he had gone to jail for that, he was proud.

Lashing out at SP leaders for saying that he had acted on his own during the cash-for-vote scam, Singh dared them to go to the court and testify.

"I never worked for the Congress. It was a decision of the SP that the Congress needed to be supported," he said.

On BJP president Nitin Gadkari's statement that Singh was only a link in the scam, he said he prefers to be silent at this stage.

"It is better I remain silent now. If I speak out, a lot of people will be exposed. I do not want to rock the boat at this stage," he said.

He said his testimony would embarrass a lot of people.