Hyderabad: This is a verbatim recording of the conversation on buying MLAs for MLC polls between Sandra Veeraiah and Bishop Harry Sebastian on May 27 at 9.45 pm
Bishop Harry Sebastian: MLA sir
MLA Sandra Veeraiah: What happened?
Sebastian: Sir when do we need information regarding him (Elvis)
Veeraiah: Does he get voting rights?
Sebastian: Yes
Veeraiah: Check if he agrees to take money… and ask him to support our party
Sebastian: Ok
Veeraiah: He doesn’t need to be in politics after five years. But we have to win. He has been nominated once and it is done. For him money will be important
Sebastian: It’s true
Veeraiah: We need the source
Sebastian: How much time we have sir
Veeraiah: We have polling on first
Veeraiah: We have to tap him by that time
Veeraiah: Yes tap him and arrange meeting
Sebastian: Ok sir… Shall we give him time at our hotel..for discussions
Veeraiah: We have to deal with this successfully and should not end up as failure
Sebastian: Sir will you take the responsibility…I will talk to him
Veeraiah: If he is ready to vote..Amount responsibility is mine. Will he trust you as a mediator?
Sebastian: Does he need to vote for our MLC
Veeraiah: He has to vote for our MLC
Sebastian: In case he has to abstain from voting. We have to make him escape to Mumbai or Kolkata. Arran-gements have to be made. Is it ok sir
Veeraiah: More than abstaining, let us first try to get his vote. If it is not working we can ask him to abstain.
Sebastian: I’ll busy with mahanadu for 2 days
Sandra: I will take special permission for u
Sandra: I need information by tomorrow..
Sebastian: Will report by tomorrow
