New Delhi: The ideologue of Rashtriya Swayayam Sewak (RSS) and former general secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party KN Govindacharya had criticized the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government and claimed that government is trying to shield ministers who are facing allegations of corruption and impropriety.
Speaking to The Hindu, Govindacharya said the central government’s support to such ministers “speaks of the political dishonesty of the establishment”.
He also claimed PM Modi led government as “power-centric”.
He said, “It is a power-centric, not people-centric government in which issues and values have been given a goodbye.”
On the question of government not acting against ministers involved in Lalit Modi controversy, he said, “When the Home Minister responds to a demand for resignations of ministers saying that would be fitting for the UPA but not the NDA, people draw their own conclusions.”
He said, “The people are driven by morality, not legalities… the message in faraway villages is that something wrong has been committed by those who spoke of zero tolerance for corruption. People understand the concept of a quid pro quo. The perception is that influential and powerful people oblige each other – and this message has also gone down to the party’s own MPs, MLAs and panchayat members.”
He also said that controversies have hurt the credibility of Narendra Modi and that he “is an intelligent, knowledgeable person” to have understood the extent of damage.
He said, “I hope political sense will prevail before Parliament resumes… Electoral defeats and successes are just a passing phase but goodwill and credibility among the people needs to be safeguarded.”
While suggesting to Union Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, he said, “They should do it like Advani had done it, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Sharad Yadav. There are many such examples and it will benefit the party.”
Bureau Report
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