New Delhi, Nov. 19: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, both spoke out on Friday against the “cancer of corruption” in the country. Dr Singh said rising growth levels had “increased the expectations” of people, Mrs Gandhi noted that growth was not an end in itself, and that while “our economy may increasingly be dynamic, our moral universe seems to be shrinking”.
The Congress president drew attention to the increase in social conflict, and observed that “graft and greed” was on the rise, putting in danger the principles on which independent India was founded, which she warned could “undermine our democracy”. The two were speaking at a function to celebrate late prime minister Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary.Q