18 Tainted MPs Get Guns at Subsidized Prices

The policy was later revised in July 2002 stating that the allotment of weapons would be given to those MPs who do not own or possess any weapons at the time of filling their applications and also the weapons would be sold to those MPs on a first come first served basis.

The RTI revealed that between 1987-2012, a total of 756 guns were sold to MPs and VIPs, which included Uma Bharti, Mayawati, Sibu Soren and many other high profile VIPs. Some of these MPs had high profile security provided by the government.

Even though some of the MPs have police protection, yet guns are sold to these MPs. Even guns are sold to MPs who have criminal cases pending against them. The government should be able to track the possession of these weapons after some years because the prices of these weapons are very high in the black market.

India’s democracy is already facing a serious challenge from the criminals of politics, where some of them face serious charges like murder and abduction, and now it is learned that the government has freely sold guns to these politicians.