The Congress is suffering a lot recently due to the recent series of controversies that have impacted the party – the primary scams that are in the public memory include the Common Wealth Games scam related to Suresh Kalmadi (as well as the other huge public spending that is supposed to have resulted in huge amounts of money getting diverted), the 2G Scam (where the former telecom minister Raja diverted huge sums of money by following practices that were not fair and which resulted in undue favors to a number of people), and the Adarsh Housing Committee which claimed a Chief Minister. In all these cases, the public is pretty sure that various members of the Government are responsible, and that the Congress party members have their hands in many of these scams. This has caused so much concern to the Congress, that it is visible on the backfoot, and is taking a number of steps to try and clear its name, not through letting loose investigators to find and prosecute all possible cases of corruption even if they involve party members, but through accusing other parties of similar activities and claiming again that the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh is personally very clean and nobody should doubt him.
However, it seems that all these steps of the party will not so easily clean the stain that has soiled the feel good factor that the 2009 election win caused. For example, the personally clean Prime Minister has had a huge stain on his character, since all these controversies happened when he was the Prime Minister; he could have stopped Raja anytime, he could have taken a number of steps to stop the loot that happened under the guise of the preparation for the Commonwealth Games. Now the only defense he can take is to claim that he would be able to appear before the PAC of Parliament, but a JPC is still a no-no.
And another proof that the Congress campaign against corruption is just a drama is the strange case of Vilasrao Deshmukh, and his attempt to cause interference in the manner of criminal justice, that too in a case of moneylenders and farmers suicide, which is a very hot topic item. And in an unprecedented action, the Supreme Court has severely criticized the action of Vilasrao Deshmukh, yet the party does not see it fit to take any action and he remains an important Cabinet Minister
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Manmohan Singh may be said to be clean but he has deliberately allowed scams only for retaining power. The greed for power at all costs is the root cause of corruption. The entire
Congress leadership compromised with corruption for the object of retaining power. Hence, there is no sense in calling the PM clean. Rajiv Gandhi was also called Mr. clean but we know who was behind BOFORS.
G. K. Ajmani Tax consultant http://gkajmani-mystraythoughts.blogspot.com/
Here individual person cannot be blamed as party should be like team and any improper thing should not be encouraged..I think the team spirit is there in congress for doing bad deeds. :angry:
