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‘Mindless negativity’ over graft will do no good: PM

Posted On Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 08:12:16 AM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

In a subtle attack on the anticorruption movement in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said “mindless negativity” would do no good and weaken executive morale, even as he promised to include corporate failure to prevent bribery within the ambit of the existing anti-graft law.

“Mindless atmosphere of negativity and pessimism that is sought to be created over the issue of corruption can do us no good. It can only damage the nation's image and hit the morale of the executive,” Singh said at the 19th conference of the Central Bureau of Investigation and State anti-corruption bureaus.

Speaking at the 19th conference of the Central Bureau of Investigation and State Anti-Corruption Bureaus, he said the “government stands firm in its commitment to do everything possible to ensure probity, transparency and accountability in the work of public authorities”.

The remarks come against the backdrop of the government's image taking a beating in recent years over a slew of corruption charges, including 2G spectrum allocation, Commonwealth Games and the allotment of coal blocks.

The latest salvo against the Manmohan Singh government came from India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejriwal, who has suggested a quid pro quo in business deals between Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and private realty major DLF.

 Kejriwal stick to charges
 
Aday after alleging that the Haryana government favoured DLF, Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday refused to accept the state's contention that there was no wrong- doing, saying questions still remain on why land was given to a company linked with Robert Vadra.

Kejriwal alleged that the sale of 30 acres of land – meant for building a hospital to the realty major for developing an SEZ raises questions as Vadra had later bought a stake in the company. The Haryana government on Tuesday said that the land had been released to East India Hotels Ltd more than 16 years ago and a permission was granted to it to sell land to DLF Ltd "after following due process of law".







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