The Communist Party of India on Saturday alleged some UPA partners were plundering national wealth so much so that even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was finding it difficult to defend them. Presenting a report on the economic and political situation in the country on the opening day of the CPI’s three-day National Council meet here on Saturday evening, party general secretary A.B. Bardhan charged many ministers in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet were “neck-deep in corruption”.
“The situation has become so brazen that the government of India has readied proposals to amend the Right to Information Act only to safeguard the corrupt ministers. The corruption malice has spread even to judiciary and defence sectors,” Mr Bardhan alleged. Criticising the UPA government over the Women’s Reservation Bill, Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act and the Food Security Bill, the CPI general secretary said the Centre was once again singing the “consensus” song on the Women’s Reservation Bill after having failed to move it in the Lok Sabha. “The Centre did not even consult the states before enacting the Right to Education Act and is now trying to push the financial burden on to state governments. “Similarly, it is adopting double standards on the proposed Food Security Act as well.”