New Delhi:
Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh's bail hearing in the Delhi High Court has been adjourned till Wednesday. Mr Singh was arrested on September 6 for his alleged involvement in an attempt to bribe MPs ahead of the July 2008 Parliament trust vote.
Since his arrest, Mr Singh has spent most of his time not behind bars in Tihar Jail, but at the All India institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where he is currently admitted undergoing treatment for his renal infection.
The 55-year-old leader, who is a diabetic, underwent a renal transplant in September 2009 and intestinal surgery 10 years ago. He also suffers from hypertension, tuberculosis infection, chronic kidney disease and urinary tract infection.
Mr Singh claims that a kidney transplant last year causes him serious medical problems. His doctors have been asking that he be allowed to travel abroad for treatment.
On October 12, the AIIMS had told the Delhi High Court that Mr Singh needs constant medical monitoring.
"He needs to be constantly monitored for renal function, infections and if he is travelling he should be under the supervision of nephrologist, a dialysis technician, a nurse and use ambulance/air ambulance for emergency," said a report by Additional Professor Doctor Sanjay Gupta of the AIIMS' Department of Nephrology.
The Rajya Sabha MP is an accused along with BJP leader LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni, former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste, Mahabir Singh Bhagora and activist Suhail Hindustani and Sanjeev Saxena in the cash-for-votes case. All the accused have been chargesheeted by the Delhi Police's crime branch. It has been alleged that Mr Singh hatched a criminal conspiracy to bribe the then BJP MPs to influence their voting on the confidence motion in the Lok Sabha in 2008. At the time of the trust vote, he was a senior leader with the Samajwadi Party.
On July 22, 2008, three BJP MPs waved wads of currency notes in the Lok Sabha ahead of a trust vote, alleging they were given the money to vote in favour of the Manmohan Singh government.