I am working to improve the rotten system, says Rahul
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi
Kochi/New Delhi: All-India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi has reacted strongly to the former Supreme Court judge, V.R. Krishna Iyer's letter accusing him of being “silent” on corruption, saying he is working to improve the “rotten system” instead of just complaining and has no intention of being glorified as a hero.
“I work because I believe in working to improve a system that is rotten and not to be glorified,” he said.
“As far as becoming a hero is concerned, unfortunately, that is of absolutely no interest to me,” he added.
Referring to the agitation by Anna Hazare on Lokpal Bill, 95-year-old Justice Krishna Iyer in his April 9 letter said: “You [Rahul Gandhi] will become the hero if you take up the great challenge of transformation of India into an egalitarian society, a Gandhian India, a Nehruvian India, not nuclear India. Why should the Hazare phenomenon occur at all? Only because of so many evils and no actions from Delhi.”
Mr. Gandhi replied that like most right-thinking Indians, he feels exactly the same way “as you do.”
Mr. Gandhi's remark was welcomed by Mr. Hazare, but an unimpressed BJP said it “sounded hollow.”
BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “If the Congress general secretary is so serious about corruption, then he should highlight the steps taken in this direction during his party's seven-year rule in the country. We don't see action on the ground against corruption.... The claims sound hollow.” — PTI
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