BJP National spokesperson Dr Sudhanshu Trivedi, said here today that it was ‘absolutely shocking and painful to see the unprecedented scale of serious corruption charges that are facing the present UPA government’. “In our nation’s young history, at times we have unfortunately witnessed charges of corruption against the central governments – even reaching the high office of the Prime Minister during the tenure of Late Rajiv Gandhi, and Late P.V. Narasimha Rao. However the charges that now confront the UPA under Dr Manmohan Singh have left all previous records far behind”, he added in a lengthy statement to the media.
He contended that the Government has lost all authority to rule this country on all aspects, be it Moral, Political ort Legal.
He said the amounts of money which has been siphoned away cannot even be imagined. The brazen-ness with which the government is derailing the investigations is a most serious dimension. It is proven that this government tried to subvert the judicial process in the Supreme Court on the issue of CBI’s affidavit in the Coalgate scam. Even more alarming is the fact that this subversion was done with the involvement of Law Ministry & the Prime Minister’s Office.
He said they tried to undermine the authority of the CAG, which is part of the executive; to undermine the authority of Parliamentary committees like PAC & JPC, which are part of the legislative; and in the process of CBI’s affidavit in Supreme Court on the status report on coal scam, it is proven that this government tried to infringe and undermine the judicial process.
The UPA government is trying to subvert and undermine the authority of all the three pillars of democracy, he added.
The question is not of change of a government. The entire apparatus of the nation and the checks and balances of our democratic system are at stake, he regretted.(NSS)
