When our MPs went on sale

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I just had a word with my editor-in-chief. He seemed quite disgusted. And he had every right to be. An hour back, there was a newsbreak that Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav had held a press conference to announce to the world that his MPs were being lured to vote against the Manmohan Singh government on the floor of the House. And the price offered was between Rs 25 and Rs 30 crores. The previous day, two MPs alleged that they had been contacted, and a price tag was attached to their votes if they decide to oblige the Opposition. A leader of the stature of CPI chief A B Bardhan has shocked every body with his announcement that MPs are being openly purchased to save the government. He also happened to know the price for each Member of Parliament, quoting Rs 25 crores as the price.....