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'Anti-corruption' bug bites Fernandes
Published on Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 13:45 in section
Tags: George Fernandes, CBI , New Delhi
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New Delhi: A day after CBI filed an FIR against him in connection with alleged irregularities in a defence deal, former defence minister George Fernandes on Wednesday wrote a letter to President A P J Abdul Kalam demanding dismissal of UPA Government on the issue of alleged corruption citing an international anti-graft watchdog report.
Referring to the report by Transparency International which rates India as the worst performer on the Bribe Payer's Index (BPI), Fernandes in his letter said "this means that there is violation of the law and the Constitution by those who are holding office in the Government."
"There cannot be anything more demeaning for our country than being a nation that has been declared as the number one corrupt nation in the world," he said.
"Please dismiss this Government and order elections to relieve the country from the humility that we are presently subjected to by the corrupt establishment of the government," Fernandes said.
The BPI is based on propensities of companies from the world's 30 leading exporting countries in bribing abroad. India's has been ranked at the 30th position in BPI with a score of 4.62.
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