Rs. 10 crore for a Lok Sabha seat in AP

Mr. Venkat, member of Telangana Rastra Samithi(TRS) from Secundrabad has paid a sum of Rs. 10 crore for the Lok Sabha seat to the party. He admitted this in public. He does a Real Estate business in Andhra Pradesh capital. Earlier, he was beaten and sent out of the party office by rival group in the same party, because they couldn't get the seat by giving so much money to the party. In the same way, crores of rupees of money has been involved in getting the key assembly seats also in Andhra Pradesh. The state is going for assembly polls with the Lok Sabha election in 2 phases on 16th April and 23rd April 2009.