PM seems to have got my message on corruption: Advani

The BJP leader questioned why it took “all these years” for the prime minister to realise the need to fight corruption.

“Why did he not realise this all these years. It seems my message of enough is enough through the yatra theme song has finally reached him now.”

The BJP leader launched a scathing attack against the

Prime Minister and Congress president Sonia Gandhi,charging

them with running the “most corrupt” government so far in the

history of the country.

Advani said Singh had promised before the 2009 elections that if their government came to power they would act to bring back the nation’s black money from Swiss banks but claimed that nothing has been done so far.

“I would like to remind the prime minister of his promises made before elections. Not just 100 days,but 700 days have passed now and nothing has been done in this regard.

“We would demand in this Winter Session of Parliament that a White Paper on the issue of black money stashed away in Swiss banks and foreign tax havens be presented and the government list out whether any steps have been taken or whether it has achieved any success so far on bringing back all the black money from abroad,” he said.

Addressing the concluding session of the Governors’ Conference yesterday,Singh had said,”Our efforts for rapid progress and development can have their full impact only if we curb corruption in public life and improve the processes of governance. I believe this is the right time to move decisively in this direction.”