The Congress Secular Hindu Forum (CSHF) today urged the Congress President Smt Sonia Gandhi to remove Dr Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister and save the Congress and also Hindustan. CSHF Central Committee General Secretary K Ravi Kumar demanded that Dr Manmohan Singh should step down owing responsibility for the Rs 1.76 lakh crore 2-G Spectrum license scandal, the biggest corrupt deal in the independent India.
According to him, Prime Minister cannot disown his responsibility after getting resignation of Telecom Minister Sri A Raja. He said the questions raised by the Supreme Court of India have proved without doubt that Prime Minister has been trying to cover up corrupt practices without taking any action against the minister Raja since last two years. Though the 2-G pricing was among the terms of references of the Empowered Group of Ministers, headed by Sri Pranab Mukherjee, Sri Raja had forced to withdraw it from the Group’s preview. Is it possible to alter terms of reference of a ministerial group without the knowledge and directive of the Prime Minister, he asked.
Ravi Kumar alleged that Prime Minister had tried his best to save Raja till end due to his own involvement in the scandal. He said that Congress President Smt Sonia Gandhi, who had removed several Chief Ministers and Ministers from their offices on allegations of corruption, should not spare Prime Minister.
He wondered that why Prime Minister remained as spectator for the last two years on the plea DMK’s support is critical for the survival of UPA Government at the Centre. In fact, he said it was DMK government in Tamil Nadu is at the mercy of out-side support from Congress party. But at the Center, he said Congress can manage to remain in power even DMK withdraw support, with the support from other groups and parties. Recalling that several ministers from DMK have been defaming the UPA Government with their severe corrupt deals, he demanded that Congress should come out from alliance with DMK.
Ravi Kumar lamented that from the very beginning, Dr Manmohan Singh have been deviating from the core principles of Congress party, formulated by leaders like Pandit Nehru and Smt Indira Gandhi and behaving like the promoter of Multi National Companies on the pressures from USA, and encouraging their unlimited corrupt practices. He recalled during recent US
President Barack Obama, Dr Singh failed to get any specific advantage from that country, but provided Indian market for US companies so that to create additional employment to about 7 lakh US citizens.
He expressed concern that the support base of Congress party from the poor and marginalized sections of people going away from the party as they are the worst victims of Dr Manmohan Singh’s economic policies.