New Delhi, Sep 15: Senior BJP leader L K Advani today wrote in his blog that the decision to allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail may actually prove for UPA "nothing other than Harakiri."
Advani wrote: " On a day when the Supreme Court has put six pertinent questions to government about the coal scandal, government should have decided to announce FDI in multi-brand retail may be regarded by some as a desperate bid to shift the focus of debate from corruption to 'reforms'".
Advani further writes: " The Judiciary, the CAG and the opposition in Parliament, together with the media, have ensured that the corruption issue continues to dominate the people's mind until the next Lok Sabha elections."
"I sincerely hope that just as the 1977 election results have guaranteed that no government officer will think lightly of abusing the MErgency Article 352 again, the outcome of the forthcoming Assembly as well as Lok Sabha polls will make politicians realise the heavy cost they have to pay if their hands are seen by the electorate as sullied by corruption.
"In my earlier blod, I had said that I would not be surprised if in the coming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress Party's score slumps to just two digits, and that the biggest beneficiary of this could be the BJP. If an when this happens, the BJP would be able to claim as its third government: a major first step has been taken towards creating a CORRUPTION-FREE INDIA."
