Cash-for-vote scam: (2011)

August 2011: WikiLeaks published U.S. diplomatic cables suggesting that Congress party aide Nachiketa Kapur had boasted about assembling a fund of ₹500–600 million to bribe MPs. The cables also mentioned that four MPs from the Rashtriya Lok Dal had been paid off.
September 2011: Former BJP aide Sudheendra Kulkarni was sent to jail in connection with the cash-for-vote scam.