The Lok Sabha Speaker Mrs. Meira Kumar has given sanction to Delhi Police to prosecute BJP MP Ashok Argal in the cash-for-vote issue.

Four other BJP partymen are already in jail facing charges of criminal conspiracy and for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

AIR correspondent quoting official sources reports, Speaker's nod came after Delhi Police approached her seeking sanction for prosecuting the BJP MP for his alleged role in the incident during the trust vote in the Lok Sabha in July 2008.

Former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora, senior leader L K Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni and a BJP worker Suhail Hindustani have already been arrested in the case.

Besides the BJP functionaries, Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh and his former aide Sanjeev Saxena have been also arrested in the case.