The Newshour Debate:Sleaze versus sleaze(Part 1)

  • 11 years ago
Disgraced former Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Raghavji was on Tuesday (July 9) arrested from a flat found locked from outside here following sodomy allegations levelled against him by his domestic servant. Raghavji, 79, was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjay Pandey who sent him to judicial custody till July 22 and taken to Central Jail. He told the court about his health problems after which the judge directed the jail authorities to ensure his proper medical care inside prison.

Raghavji's lawyer, Purshottam Panjwani, who moved his bail application in sessions judge Sushma Khosla's court, said it will be taken up for hearing tomorrow. After a CD purportedly featuring him surfaced last week and his domestic help filed a police complaint alleging that he was being sexually exploited by the minister, Raghavji was forced to resign as the state's finance minister on Friday. He was expelled from the BJP on Sunday.

In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Nirmala Sitharaman, National Spokesperson, BJP; Dr. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Senior Leader & Spokesperson, Congress and Satinath Sarangi, Social Activist -- discuss whether, Oomen Chandy survive the Opposition onslaught on biggest sleaze scam in Kerala?

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The Newshour Debate:Sleaze versus sleaze(Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gofqlFd9tPw

The Newshour Debate:Sleaze versus sleaze(Part 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFj0Qt_4GeA

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