Dead serious about tackling corruption: PM
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday vowed to crack down on corruption and said he would stay on course till the job is done, as he launched a fightback after a series of scandals that have damaged his clean image.
"I wish to assure you and the country as a whole that our government is dead serious about bringing to book all the wrongdoers regardless of the position they might occupy," Mr Singh told reporters during a live television broadcast.
He bluntly denied that he had ever considered stepping down after a series of setbacks.
"I have never felt like resigning because I have a job to do," he said.
"We have a lot of unfinished business to accomplish. I have never thought of giving up halfway and I will stay the course."
Thanking the media for their role in brining these shady dales out to light, the PM said the media had played a ‘very important role in drawing the country's attention’ to issues requiring corrective action.
"The media have drawn the country's attention to some aberrations in allocation of 2G spectrum, the Commonwealth Games and more recently some developments in the space organisation and Adarsh society affairs," he said.
The Prime Minister reassured the nation that the inflation would come down to around seven per cent by year-end. "Inflation and food inflation in particular has been a problem. But by year-end, inflation rate should come down to no more than seven per cent.”
He said the government wanted to ensure that the growth process is ‘not disturbed’. It is trying to deal with inflation at a time ‘when we don't have all the instruments at our command’.
"We have to deal with inflation despite an adverse international environment," he said.
Talking about the parliament deadlock, he said it had not been able to function for reasons he could not understand but honest efforts were being made to ensure that this would not happen in the next session.
"Parliament has not been allowed to function for reasons I am not being able to understand. We are making an honest effort to ensure that the next session will be an orderly session," he said in the media interaction held at his 7, Race Course Road official residence.
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