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| BJP leaders in dock for 'offering cash' to scribes in Leh | | CCTV footage substantiates allegations, Congress to move court | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 6: Leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party, who tried to bribe the media fraternity in Leh, seem to have landed in a big trouble as the CCTV footage of the press conference has revealed that the BJP leaders tried to handover an envelope carrying cash to the media men to seek favorable coverage, sources told Early Times.
The Congress party has also taken a strong note of the incident and has decided to approach the court and file a suit against the BJP state president Ravinder Raina and MLC Vikram Randhawa.
It may be recalled that last week media fraternity in Leh had accused the Bharatiya Janata Party, including its J&K president Ravinder Raina, of trying to bribe local journalists in a bid to "influence the outcome of the elections."
In their complaint to the Station House Officer of Leh police station, the journalists affiliated with the Press Club Leh have accused some state BJP leaders of "offering us money in envelops" at a press conference held at a local hotel on May 2.
"We the undersigned members of Press Club Leh, would like to lodge a complaint regarding the press conference organised by BJP at hotel Singay Palace on 2 May around 2 pm.
After the press conference was over, BJP leaders including state president Ravinder Raina and MLC Vikram Randhawa tried to bribe the media persons by offering us money in envelops in an attempt to use our platform to influence the outcome of elections. We didn't accept the offer and rejected it out rightly and we showed our anguish at their attempt," read the joint complaint signed by Leh-based media persons namely Morupt Stanzin, Tsewang Rigzin, Rinchen Angmo, Tashi Lundup, Stanzin Desal, Tsewang Paldan and Stanstrung Dorjay before SHO Leh.
Following the incident the state BJP president Ravinder Raina had dismissed the allegation and he had accused the journalists in Leh of indulging in fake propaganda. He had asked them to tender an "unconditional apology" within 48-hours or face defamation case.
Sources said that Police have taken the cognizance of the complaint lodged by the journalists in Leh and have already lodged a FIR as the CCTV footage of the press conference has put the BJP leaders in the tightspot. |
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