In 1995, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then leader of Opposition, had dropped a bombshell. Accompanied by Ram Jethmalani, Vajpayee had introduced Shailendra Mahato, MP, who made startling revelation about a bribery case.
Mahato had confessed that that his three Jharkhand Mukti Morcha colleagues - Shibu Soren, Suraj Mandal and Anadi Charan Das - had taken Rs 50 lakh each to vote against the no-confidence motion moved by the BJP in July 1993 against the PV Narasimha Rao government.
For the first time, a former Prime Minister, PV Narasimha Rao was found guilty of corruption, bribery and criminal conspiracy.
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As the CBI started investigation, sleuths found clinching evidence to prove that the Rao government had bought support of four JMM and five MPs of the Ajit Singh group in 1993 to vote against the no-confidence motion .
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