‘BJP will go all out against corruption'

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani on Sunday expressed his party's determination to pursue its campaign against corruption “vigorously.”

He was speaking after releasing a book, Shah Commission Report: lost, and regained , authored by veteran parliamentarian Era. Sezhiyan, at a function organised here by the Rajaji Centre for Public Affairs.

In the past few months, Mr. Advani said, several constitutional institutions and the media were highlighting “one single issue” — corruption. The Supreme Court, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, Parliament and the Fourth Estate were focussing on issues related to the 2G spectrum allocation scam, the Commonwealth Games and the Adarsh Housing Society.

“Corruption has become a serious malady, and it should be confronted by all right-thinking people.”

The BJP was spearheading a campaign against this malady and it “would pursue this vigorously,” the former Home Minister said.

In recent times, Parliament focussed its attention on two important issues — inflation and corruption, and both should be handled properly. “Unless the whole political system combats it [corruption] efficiently, there can be no peace in the country.”