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‘BJP blocking six anti-graft bills’
‘BJP blocking six anti-graft bills’, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, anti-graft bills by Parliament. "But does he (Modi) see their leaders in Karnataka indulging in corruption. He doesn't see that their party's then CM (B S Yeddyurappa) was jailed on corruption charges.
- Rahul takes a dig at Modi
- ‘Modi is travelling across India and talking about eradicating corruption’
- He doesn't even see 16 ministers had to resign on graft issue in Karnataka
Belgaum : In a stinging attack on BJP and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi charged the principal opposition with ignoring corruption in states ruled by it and blocking passage of six anti-graft bills by Parliament.
The draft of six legislations Gandhi has been laying thrust are the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010, the Whistle Blowers Protection Bill, 2011, the Right of Citizens for Time Bound Delivery of Goods and Services and Redressal of their Grievances Bill, 2011, the Prevention of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and Officials of Public International Organisations Bill, 2011, the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 and the Public Procurement Bill, 2012. Puncturing BJP's anti-corruption campaign against the UPA government, Gandhi said, "their leader (Modi) is travelling across India and talking about eradicating corruption."
"But does he (Modi) see their leaders in Karnataka indulging in corruption. He doesn't see that their party's then CM (B S Yeddyurappa) was jailed on corruption charges. He doesn't even see 16 of their ministers (in Karnataka) had to resign (on graft issue)," he said at 'Bharat Nirman" rally here. Gandhi said, "he (Modi) does not see corruption in Chhattisgarh, MP and Karnataka."
"In Karnataka, you people removed BJP from power due to corruption. Thereafter, the then CM has again come back to BJP, but their leaders ignore this," he said, referring to Yeddyurappa's readmission into BJP after merger of his Karnataka Janata Paksha with it recently. Gandhi said BJP leaders see corruption in only Congress-ruled states, adding,"they don't see it anywhere else." "Even if corruption takes place in Gujarat, they ignore it," he said, in a dig at Modi. "Wherever they do not have their governments,they see corruption taking place."
Gandhi also attacked BJP for "blocking" passage of six anti-graft bills, which form part of government's anti-corruption framework and for whose passage he is pushing aggressively.
"Who is standing against those bills? We want to pass them. We are being stopped in Parliament. Who is stopping it? BJP is stopping it. They don't allow functioning of Parliament," Gandhi said.
Meanwhile, Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday said that it was Congress that does 'zaher ke kheti', and not the BJP.
Without naming her, Modi said, "They delivered a line that some people do 'zaher ki kheti'. We sold just tea, but you have sold the entire country. You made the country a victim of vote-bank politics, and only promoted hatred, communal difference and poverty."
Referring to BJP, Congress president Sonia Gandhi had some days ago said that some people do 'zaher ki kheti' (grow hatred). Modi was addressing 'Vikas Jyoti Yatra' organised by BJP in Limbayat area of the city last evening.
"I would like to tell you today who spreads poison of division and who spreads love of togetherness," he said.
