HYDERABAD: Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan has demanded the resignation of Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran in the wake of allegations against him in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, he said that in the course of ongoing investigations, the role of ministers in the 2G scam was coming to light, the latest addition being that of Mr. Maran. His ongoing term in the Cabinet was untenable and he should either resign voluntarily or be dropped from the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . He also added that the ongoing probe into 2G scam should also take into consideration the decisions taken during the erstwhile NDA regime.
Demanding that the Lok Pal Bill be introduced in the coming session of Parliament, he criticised the Union government for sending an ‘objective type question paper” seeking answers and not consulting the political parties in drafting the Bill . “Is this the casual way in which you treat political parties,” he asked.
He also said that the CPI favoured the bringing in of the Prime Minister's Office and the judiciary under the ambit of the Lok Pal.
He also faulted the treatment meted out by the government to social activist Anna Hazare and Yoga guru Baba Ramdev. After including five representatives of the civil society in the drafting committee, they were belittled and slanderous allegations were made against them. He lashed out at the government for the crack down against Ramdev and his supporters.
He said the Left parties would carry out a relentless struggle against corruption and help unearth black money, referring to the issue of black money, raised in the past by CPI MPs Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy and Gurudas Dasgupta.
Mr. Bardhan hit out at the Orissa government and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for what he termed as “State vandalism” against the villagers protesting against the Posco project.
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