Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) constituted to probe 2G scam to clear blot on his name.
“It is imperative for a person like Dr Manmohan Singh that to holding the post of Prime Minister to clear the nagging doubts in the minds of people regarding his direct, indirect or tacit involvement in Rs1.76 lakh crore scam that shook foundations of economy of the country,” said Sukhbir while speaking to mediapersons after dedicating a slew of projects.
“Whole world is watching keenly that how India investigates this biggest economic scam in the world. Prime Minister like Ceasar’s wife must be above suspicion. Non-appearance of Prime Minister and the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram before JPC would strengthen the suspicion that Congress-led UPA Government does not want truth to be unveiled in this scam,” he added.
Describing Congress as a fountain-head of corruption, Sukhbir said that it was unfortunate that UPA-II had a dubious distinction of being involved in biggest ever scams one after another and Congress party kept on ranting the coalition dharma to justify these scams.
He said: “It is matter of great worry that due to opaque decision making process, scams, international investors had been reluctant to invest in the country and economic growth rate has plunged to 2.5 percent lowest in the century".
Charging Centre of arm-twisting States to levy unfriendly taxes, Sukhbir said that the Centre’s notifications released by Akali Dal clearly show that SAD-BJP government never wanted to impose property tax and it was forced by Centre to levy it.