Calling for Zero tolerance to corruption, the Congress President has asked both her party and the government to confront the menace head-on. Addressing the 83rd Plenary at Rajiv Nagar in Burari in Delhi yesterday, Mrs Sonia Gandhi unveiled a five point action plan that includes fast tracking of all cases of corruption concerning public servants and politicians. Attacking the BJP for its double standards on corruption, Mrs Gandhi asserted that Parliament cannot be held hostage to political expediency. She wondered how the opposition can justify and undermine the norms on which democracy functions. Making no distinction between organizations of majority or minority communities who indulge in communalism and acts of terrorism, the Congress President said that they are all dangerous and they must be defeated. She called on the party men to honour, protect and promote secular ideals and practice them without any fear. The Political resolution adopted at the Plenary has also called upon the government to investigate links between terrorists and the RSS and its sister organisations that have been uncovered in some of the recent cases.
News On AIR | December 20, 2010 9:17 AM
Congress unveils five point action plan to fight corruption