A Lok Sabha committee that went into the cash-for-votes scam during UPA government's confidence vote gave Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh and Congress MP Ahmed Patel a clean chit on the pretext of the absence of solid evidence against them.

"There is no direct evidence against Amar Singh. The committee is inclined to discount the video clip of the car entering or coming out of Amar Singh's house because in the first place the video clipping does not show the face of persons (claimed to be Shri Argal and Kulasthe) seated in the rear seat," the committee said.

The committee was established by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee after three BJP MPs -- Ashok Argal, Fagan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora shocked the Lok Sabha on July 22 when they displayed wads of currency notes claiming that they were offered Rs 3 crore in bribe by Amar Singh.

However, the committee has recommended investigation by an "appropriate agency" of the role of Sanjeev Saxena, said to be an aide of Amar Singh, Sohail Hindustani, driver, and Sudheendra Kulkarni, an aide of BJP leader L K Advani.

The report was supposed to be presented to the Lok Sabha on Thursday, but could not be presented even on Friday due to printing delay.