New Delhi (PTI): In the wake of Congress leader Margaret Alva alleging a sale of party nominations for the recent assembly polls in Karnataka, the BJP on Friday claimed there was a 'Cash for Ticket' scam in its political adversary.

"Not too long ago, Parliament had witnessed a 'Cash for Vote' scam when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had sought a vote of confidence and now we are seeing 'Cash for Ticket Scam' where the witness to the alleged charge is Margaret Alva herself, a senior Congress leader. This amply displays the state of affairs in the Congress," party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.

"It is a stunning confession of an insider on issue of distribution of assembly tickets which forms the core of Parliamentary system in a democracy," he added.

In the thick of ensuing assembly elections in six states, knives were out in Congress yesterday with an angry AICC general secretary Margaret Alva causing a flutter by alleging sale of party nominations for recent assembly polls in Karnataka.

Alva, who has been sulking since her son Nivedith was not given nomination in Karnataka elections, was critical of adoption of "different yardsticks" in deciding party nominations for coming elections in six states.

She wondered why her son and grandson of former Union Minister C K Jaffer Sharief were not given nominations while relatives of two dozen leaders were given tickets in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir.