BHUBANESWAR:
By: BASANT RATH.(Bureau Chief)
After the parliament's public accounts committee indicted the Prime Minister in the 2G spectrum scam, the Biju Yuva Janata Dal, youth arm of the ruling BJD, on Thursday demanded Manmohan Singh's scalp.
"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has lost his moral right to continue in the chair. He should immediately resign and allow an impartial probe by the CBI," BYJD convenor Sanjay Dasburma told a media conference here. He announced that the BYJD would hold demonstrations, starting in front of the Raj Bhavan and subsequently in the district headquarters, demanding Singh's exit.
Dasburma, the Brahmagiri MLA, alleged that the Rs 1.76 lakh crore 2G spectrum scam, regarded as the biggest in the country, has exposed the corrupt ways of the Congress' top bosses. "The Murli Manohar Joshi-led PAC has found fault not only with the Prime Minister, but also with former telecom minister A Raja and the then finance minister P Chidambaram. All of them must have benefited from the loot," Dasburma said.
The BJD targeting its guns at Singh comes at a time when the Opposition Congress has been accusing the Naveen Patnaik government in the state of rampant corruption. During the past month, All India Congress Committee general secretary in-charge of Orissa Jagdish Tytler has upped the ante, charging Naveen of corruption in the rural employment guarantee scheme and the post sector.
Dubbing Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh as anti-Orissa, Dasburma alleged that he has jeopardised the future of thousands of tribals and common people by objecting to industrial projects in Orissa, Mr.Dasburma alleged.
