PM: Corrupt coming on one stage, action against them will continue
- New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday linked opposition parties coming together against the BJP to his government's campaign against corruption and asserted that the clampdown on graft will continue without being hindered by "false allegations".
- After inaugurating an extension of the BJP headquarters here, Modi said that at a time when India's strength is rising to a new high, it is natural that "anti-India" forces within and outside the country will join hands.
- "Some parties have launched 'bhrashtachari bachao Abhyan' (save corrupt campaign)," he said in a blistering attack on opposition parties protesting against the alleged misuse of probe agencies such as the ED.
- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha following his conviction in a criminal defamation case has also become a rallying point for the Opposition.
- Modi said, "The country will not bend nor will the action against corruption stop he said. due to false allegations."
- The "anti-India" forces are attacking constitutional institutions as they are the strong "foundation" of a rising India, he said. And, to stop the country's growth, they are resorting to attacking its foundation and are engaged in conspiracies to defame bodies such as the judiciary and probe agencies and destroy their credibility, he said.
- When agencies act against those involved in corruption, they are targeted and when courts deliver a verdict not to the liking of these forces, they are questioned, the prime minister said.