Advani quoted: A joke circulating in Pakistan these days is: In India, the Government decides the age of Army Chief; in our country the Army Chief decides the age of the Government.
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani seems to feel that the United Progressive Association headed by the Congress, records the number of scams in the country. His views add importance to the nation owing to his expertise and his veteranship in the age old political system of the nation. The senior leader felt the cash for vote heads the list, but gave much prominence to the 2G scam in which the country seems to have lost over Rs 1,76,000 Cr to the exchequer. This was noted in his blog on Thursday.
He further enlightened that if the 2G has to be taken as a cricket series, then he would nominate Dr Subramanya Swamy, vital crusader against the scam, as the `Man of the Series.’ he felt the government headed by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is remotely controlled by the UPA Chair Person Sonia Gandhi.
The veteran also suggested that if a comprehensive book of scam records is to be maintained, in independent India, then the UPA heads the list in the number of scams and in the financial dimensions that are involved in the entire scams. He ridiculed that this is a unique distinction held by the UPA.
The senior leader also opined that the key question that has to be ascertained by the judiciary is that: Is A Raja the former Telecom Minister the solitary villain of the piece, and the only person responsible for these fraudulent transactions?
As quoted by Mr.Advani in his blogs, `here below is a tally of the ten murkiest matters that come to mind:
1. Cash for Votes scandal which has besmirched the name of Indian Democracy
2. 2G Scam Cases
3. Commonwealth Games Scandal
4. Quattrochi case
5. Adarsh Housing Case
6. Appointment of Chief Vigilance Commissioner, P.J. Thomas
7. Abysmal failure to get back the enormous wealth Indian black money earners have stashed away abroad in Swiss banks, or other such tax havens. Following U.N’s Convention against Corruption, not only major countries like U.S., Germany and France, but also smaller countries like Peru and Nigeria have succeeded in securing their wealth.
8. Supreme Court admonitions in respect of IMDT Act and continuing massive illegal immigration from Bangladesh into Assam and other North Eastern States.
9. Telgi Stamp Paper Case
10. Pune stud-farm owner Hasan Ali’s scandal.’ (With inputs from internet: AarKay)
