Home
Publications
Search
Register
Log inQuiz
3 posters
Page 1 of 1
Quiz
by charvaka Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:35 am
1. Name the only senior politician in the history of India who was convicted on corruption charges and served jail time.
2. What was the amount of bribe involved in the case?
3. What was the sentence awarded in the case?
PS: Bonus question... how is this person related to Diggy?
2. What was the amount of bribe involved in the case?
3. What was the sentence awarded in the case?
PS: Bonus question... how is this person related to Diggy?
charvaka- Posts : 4347
Join date : 2011-04-28
Location : Berkeley, CA
Re: Quiz
by indophile Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:47 am
Only 2 senior politicians come to mind - Indira Gandhi & Lalu Prasad Yadav. Indira Gandhi was convicted for election fraud and Lalu was convicted for many things but his fodder scam sticks out prominently.
I don't know if Indira actually spent time in jail (not counting pre-independence), but Lalu seems to have had an outiing because his wife served as his placeholder when some little thing called "law" prevented him from serving in office.
I don't know if Indira actually spent time in jail (not counting pre-independence), but Lalu seems to have had an outiing because his wife served as his placeholder when some little thing called "law" prevented him from serving in office.
indophile- Posts : 4338
Join date : 2011-04-29
Location : Glenn Dale, MD
Re: Quiz
by charvaka Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:24 pm
Indira Gandhi was convicted of electoral malpractice, but she was acquitted of bribery in the same case. So her election as an MP was nullified by the court, but she wasn't sentenced to jail time.
Lalu Yadav has spent time in judicial custody / remand, but he has not been convicted or sentenced to jail time.
There was someone else who was more shameless than both Indira and Lalu.
Lalu Yadav has spent time in judicial custody / remand, but he has not been convicted or sentenced to jail time.
There was someone else who was more shameless than both Indira and Lalu.
charvaka- Posts : 4347
Join date : 2011-04-28
Location : Berkeley, CA
Re: Quiz
by indophile Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:33 pm
I wonder if one rank politicians by shamelessness. They are all equally shameless:-)
indophile- Posts : 4338
Join date : 2011-04-29
Location : Glenn Dale, MD
Re: Quiz
by charvaka Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:38 pm
Fair enough... I guess I should say the person I have in mind had an even more cut-and-dried case of corruption than these two.
charvaka- Posts : 4347
Join date : 2011-04-28
Location : Berkeley, CA
Re: Quiz
by indophile Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:52 pm
Presently in office?
-- at State level? ---- Many many (JJ, MK, Chenna Reddy, Deve Gowda, the guy in Chattisghar or Jhadkhand, etc.etc.
-- in Delhi? ---- A.Raja, Kanomozhi, Shashi Tharoor, Lalu, etc., etc.
-- at State level? ---- Many many (JJ, MK, Chenna Reddy, Deve Gowda, the guy in Chattisghar or Jhadkhand, etc.etc.
-- in Delhi? ---- A.Raja, Kanomozhi, Shashi Tharoor, Lalu, etc., etc.
indophile- Posts : 4338
Join date : 2011-04-29
Location : Glenn Dale, MD
Re: Quiz
by charvaka Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:56 pm
Nope, even before the Indira Gandhi case. His party made a big show of expelling him when he got convicted, but next election they gave the ticket to his son. The son went on to become a more powerful (and just as corrupt) senior pol.indophile wrote:Presently in office?
The ironic thing is none of them got convicted / sentenced to jail.indophile wrote:-- at State level? ---- Many many (JJ, MK, Chenna Reddy, Deve Gowda, the guy in Chattisghar or Jhadkhand, etc.etc.
-- in Delhi? ---- A.Raja, Kanomozhi, Shashi Tharoor, Lalu, etc., etc.
charvaka- Posts : 4347
Join date : 2011-04-28
Location : Berkeley, CA
Re: Quiz
by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:14 pm
You are right...there was a politician in the 50s who was convicted and jailed on corruption charges. Name skips my mind...and dont want to cheat googling. I thought he was from Punjab...
Irony that almost all these politicians have done an OJ on the people of India.
Irony that almost all these politicians have done an OJ on the people of India.
Marathadi-Saamiyaar- Posts : 17675
Join date : 2011-04-30
Age : 110
Re: Quiz
by charvaka Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:18 pm
He was from Madhya Pradesh. He was Rao Shiv Bahadur Singh, the illustrious father of Arjun Singh, the late Union cabinet minister known for his loyalty to the Royal Family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rao_Shiv_Bahadur_SinghMarathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:You are right...there was a politician in the 50s who was convicted and jailed on corruption charges. Name skips my mind...and dont want to cheat googling. I thought he was from Punjab...
Irony that almost all these politicians have done an OJ on the people of India.
He took a bribe of Rs. 25,000 from a businessman for a license and was sentenced to three years in jail. He appealed on technical grounds, but never contested the fact that he took a bribe. Congress made a show of expelling him, but made Arjun Singh their candidate in the 1957 elections.
Answer to bonus question: Diggy Raja is a relation of Arjun Singh who was also his political mentor.
charvaka- Posts : 4347
Join date : 2011-04-28
Location : Berkeley, CA
indophile- Posts : 4338
Join date : 2011-04-29
Location : Glenn Dale, MD
Re: Quiz
by charvaka Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:27 pm
I don't think so. I thought Jayaprada was married to an already-married film industry guy.indophile wrote:Is Arjun Singh the husband of movie star Jayaprada?
charvaka- Posts : 4347
Join date : 2011-04-28
Location : Berkeley, CA
Re: Quiz
by Guest Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:28 pm
indophile wrote:Is Arjun Singh the husband of movie star Jayaprada?
noooooooooooo ugh ugh ugh.
Guest- Guest
Re: Quiz
by indophile Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:31 pm
charvaka wrote:I don't think so. I thought Jayaprada was married to an already-married film industry guy.indophile wrote:Is Arjun Singh the husband of movie star Jayaprada?
Oh! I thought she married an influential political guy named Singh (not a sardarji, however).
indophile- Posts : 4338
Join date : 2011-04-29
Location : Glenn Dale, MD
charvaka- Posts : 4347
Join date : 2011-04-28
Location : Berkeley, CA
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum|
|
|