BJP runs corrupt state governments, says Sonia

Congress president Sonia Gandhi tore into the BJP on Thursday, accusing it of running corrupt state governments while "just pretending" to fight graft. HT reports.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi tore into the BJP on Thursday, accusing it of running corrupt state governments while "just pretending" to fight graft.

"We all know corruption is a disease, a cancer. No other party has done what Congress and UPA have done to fight corruption," she said at a public meeting in Mangalore.

Gandhi said it was the Congress-led UPA, and not the BJP-led NDA, which had brought in the RTI Act because of which "these scandals are coming out".

She said Congress had honestly tried to bring the lokpal bill, but BJP stalled it in Rajya Sabha. "Is BJP just pretending to fight corruption?" she asked, while accusing it of spreading false propaganda against the UPA.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi waves to the crowd at a public meeting in Mangalore. UNI