In a dramatic sting operation, 11 MPs from four mainstream political parties were on Monday shown on television accepting money to raise questions in Parliament, fuelling shock and disgust across the country.

A sting operation, entitled 'Operation Duryodhan', carried out by Aaj Tak television channel in association with Cobrapost, an Internet portal, showed MPs accepting cash for asking questions in the House.

The BJP accounted for six of the MPs (five Lok Sabha and one Rajya Sabha), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP, three) while the Congress party and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) accounted for one member each.

Long Operation

Spread over eight months, the operation logged more than 56 video and 70 audiotapes besides recording more than 900 phone calls.

Claims Aniruddha Bahal, editor of Cobrapost.com, and the journalist who headed the investigation: "Besides taking cash for asking questions in Parliament, some MPs were also open to the idea, and quoted their price to the reporters, for organising a petition, espousing NISMA’s cause, to be submitted in Parliament. The price ranged between a few lakh to Rs 10 lakhs."

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1571276,0008.htm

that goes to show that corruption happens in every form of government, not just communism.

This is why I think freedom of the press is important.

no country has a total freedom for the press

Yup, those journalists would certainly have not gotten away with it in a communist/totilitarian country.

American journalists are lazy as hell.

guess what would have happened to these journalists if they did the same exact thing in china, and especially if the guys they exposed were big fish.

Corruption is a worldwide disease. I think its human to be corrupt.

But its not just India that has corruption....look at USA and its Enron, Worldcom, Xerox, etc. scandals.......

yeah i think corruption occurs everywhere but you need a free and democratic society (like india's) to expose it.