The
main Opposition BJP on Friday lambasted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
over price rise and corruption, calling his press conference a farce.
Stating
that there was nothing new in the PM's press conference, except that he
ruled himself out of the third term, leader of the Opposition in the
Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said the conference was to announce his own
farewell. Jaitley tore into the UPA II, saying Manmohan did not express
any regret about the over-all corruption and price. Instead, he chose
the occasion on Friday to rationalise it.
"Except the
announcement he is unavailable, the rest of the PC was a formality and
turned out to be a farce. If we read between the lines he admits that
his Government failed to curb corruption and check unemployment and
contain inflation," he said.
The senior BJP leader slammed the prime minister for rationalising corruption.
"He
failed to check corruption in coal block and 2G. He could have stopped
it. He said corruption was in UPA 1 but he won following 2009 election.
Does he mean to say by winning elections charges of corruption
disappear. This excuse could also be used by criminals, who at times win
elections," Jaitley said.