1. It lost a lot of credibility, the way it handled anti-corruption campaigns of - Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdeo.
2. So many of its sitting MPs and former Ministers have been sent to Tihar Jail while cases against them are being investigated and await court trials. These are ...
A Raja - Former Telecom MinisterHe had to resign as minsiter and had been taken into custody by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Feb-2011 for his role in the multi-multi crore 2G scam.
Kanimozhi - Sitting Rajya Sabha MP of DMK and daughter of DMK supremo K. KarunanidhiSent to Tihar in May 2011 for allegedly taking a whopping bribe of Rs.214 crore in the 2G scam.
Suresh Kalmadi - Former Organizing Chairman, Common Wealth Games and Sitting Member of ParliamentOther high profile political inmates of Tihar Jail include...
Suresh Kamadi was sent to Tihar in May 2011 for his role in another multi-multi crore scam - the Common Wealth Games scam, that he is alleged to have masterminded when he was the chief of the organizing committee.
Amar Singh - Rajya Sabha MP and former prominent member of Samajwadi Party
Sent to Tihar in September 2011 - Although he is not a member of the UPA alliance in the center, he has been sent to custody in the connection to the case where he has been accused of allegedly providing the bribe-money in the Cash-for-Vote scandal that shook the country in July 2008.
Mahavir Singh Bhagora and Faggan Singh Kulaste - both former BJP MPs
Sent to Tihar in September 2011 - These are allegedly two of the three MPs who had been given the bribe by Amar Singh to abstain from voting during the trust vote of July 2008.
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