BJP raises the stakes, targets PM in political battle over graft - Livemint

The opposition on Wednesday raised the political stakes in its face-off with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government after it made Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the focus of attacks on the government for alleged acts of graft, including the allotment of 2G spectrum.

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At a rally held at the Ramlila grounds in the Capital, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declined to withdraw its demand for a probe by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) and implicitly renewed its threat to prevent the House from functioning in the crucial budget session due in February.

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Predictably, the Congress rallied behind Singh, who has been criticized both within and outside the party for his leadership during the recent crisis triggered by a series of alleged irregularities in the sale of 2G spectrum as well as the conduct of the Commonwealth Games. The Congress attacked the opposition’s concerted move to “denigrate the Prime Minister’s Office”.

BJP raises the stakes, targets PM in political battle over graft - Livemint