(Shutterstock)Police have registered an FIR that charges a group of senior state BJP leaders with trying to bribe journalists in Leh to influence the elections in the Ladakh parliamentary seat. It all happened purportedly in the presence of state BJP chief Ravinder Raina. The alleged bribery bid happened two days before defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman was to address a rally in Leh. The FIR was registered after the Leh chief judicial magistrate directed the police to probe the allegations by the Press Club and Spalbar. The video, however, purportedly shows some of the journalists returning the envelopes promptly after receiving them, setting off an argument with people resembling state BJP politicians.

Source: The Telegraph May 10, 2019 01:18 UTC