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Summary Ex- president of the Bharatiya Janata party, was filmed accepting 100,000 rupees.
An Indian court has sentenced a prominent Hindu nationalist leader to four years in prison for taking wads of cash offered by two journalists pretending to be arms dealers when his party was in power 11 years ago.Bangaru Laxman, then president of the Bharatiya Janata party, was filmed by the New Delhi-based journalists accepting 100,000 rupees ($2,000) in 2001 ostensibly to facilitate a defense equipment purchase by the Indian armed forces.His attorney Ajay Iqbal said after Saturdays court sentencing that he will appeal the verdict.Laxmans conviction embarrassed the opposition BJP, which has been targeting the Congress-led government embroiled in scandals stemming from the hosting of the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the sale of cellphone spectrum.
