Chhatrapal Singh Lodha
Chhatrapal Singh Lodha is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party elected to the Rajya Sabha from Orissa.
He was one of the accused in the 2005 cash-for-question scandal. In a sting operation named Operation Duryodhana the media firm Cobrapost caught him on camera accepting a bribe of 15,000 rupees for asking concocted questions in Parliament.
Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha Bhairon Singh Shekhawat asked the Ethics Committee to probe the allegations against Chhatrapal and within 48 hours the panel found reason for his suspension. As a result, he was expelled from the Rajya Sabha.
His name also figured in the Operation Chakravyuha which accused seven members of parliament including Chhatrapal of seeking kickbacks for getting projects sanctioned under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.
