Rajasthan’s Minister of State for Soldiers’ Welfare Rajendra Gudha has created a flutter in the political circles here after he claimed that he was offered a bribe of ₹25 crore for voting in favour of a particular candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections, which held in June this year. Mr. Gudha did not refer to any party or leader while making the claim.
Mr. Gudha made the allegation at an event organised at a private school in his Assembly constituency Udaipurwati, Jhunjhunu district on Monday. The video footage of the programme, in which he interacted with the students, surfaced on the social media on Tuesday.
The Minister, who is the most vocal among the six MLAs who had switched from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to the ruling Congress in 2019, also said that he was similarly offered ₹60 crore during the political crisis caused by a rebellion against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in July 2020. He said he did not think twice before rejecting the offers of bribe.
