Congress President Sonia Gandhi while addressing her
partymen on the concluding day of the Congress’ chintan shivir in Jaipur said
corruption is a "deep rooted maliceand so the party must lead the struggle
to counter its effect. "Let me reiterate corruption at all levels is a
deep rooted malice and all sections of society are effected by it. As a party
we must lead struggle to combat its effect," Sonia Gandhi.
The 'Chintan Shivir', the three-day Congress conclave began
on Jan 18 and concluded on Sunday, Jan 20.
The Congress President also had said that corruption was the main
concern of the nation when the party held its session at Burari in July 2011. Sonia
Gandhi said that a five-point agenda to deal with corruption was given and the
party has moved on with it.
The key among the steps taken was introducing Lokpal bill in
the parliament and introducing more transparency in process of allocating
natural resources, said Sonia Gandhi. "We have introduced path breaking
legislation for grievance redressal, whistle blowers, and historic 'apka paisa
apke hath' (your money in your hands, the direct cash transfer scheme)
initiative," said the Congress President.
Congress has been under severe attack from opposition and
civil society groups for several major corruption cases that surfaced during
the tenure of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government led by the party.
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