SME Times News Bureau | 28 May, 2015
BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday accused former Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh of not stopping others from indulging in corruption
during his regime due to which the nation has suffered a loss of about Rs.12
lakh crore.
"I believe that a prime minister's responsibility is not limited to not
doing corruption himself but to also ensure that others are not allowed to do
corruption. He has to root out corruption from the system," Shah told
reporters here.
"The nation has suffered loss to the tune of Rs.12 lakh crore during
Singh's regime. How can the Congress run away from this responsibility,"
Shah asked.
The BJP president also sought answers from the Congress for its zero-loss
theory in spectrum and coal allocations, and alleged that the UPA government
looted the national treasury.
"Those who had floated zero-loss theory need to be made answerable now.
They should accept that there were scams and they looted the nation's
wealth," Shah said.
"By auctioning 229 coal blocks, more than Rs.two lakh crore have been
added to the nation's treasury. This shows that there was a tremendous loss
before," he added.
Shah also raised questions about the CAG's estimate of loss in coal auction by
saying that, under the BJP government, coal auction of 20 mines has generated
Rs.2 lakh crore. This shows that heavy losses were incurred.
"The loss was more than what was estimated by the CAG," he added.
Earlier in the day, Manmohan Singh charged the Modi government with harping on
corruption to divert the people's attention towards non-issues.