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BJP to set up panel to probe 'Leh bribery' charge, questions claims of scribes

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : May 08 2019 | 6:30 PM IST

The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit will set up a committee to probe the allegation that some party leaders tried to bribe journalists to influence parliamentary polls, party's state unit chief Ravinder Raina said Wednesday, even as a legislator named in the matter claimed the envelopes given to scribes had invitations and not money.

Raina also said he will file a defamation case against the Press Club Leh for naming him in the bribery complaint, which he termed as "politically motivated"
Meanwhile, BJP MLC Vikram Randhawa denied the bribery charge and alleged

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First Published: May 08 2019 | 6:30 PM IST

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