Kolkata, Mar 3: A top Bengal CPI-M leader today said it is unfortunate that a "good and honest" Prime Minister like Manmohan Singh has to defend all sorts of dishonest acts and shoulder the "misdeeds" of Congress and other UPA constituents.
Reacting to today's Supreme Court judgement quashing the appointment of P J Thomas as CVC, CPI-M Central Committee member Mohammad Selim told reporters, "It is unfortunate that as an academician, economist, good bureaucrat and good prime minister, he has to defend all sorts of dishonest acts. I feel pity for him."
He said being a good man was not enough, though it had given the Congress an additional advantage during the Lok Sabha election.
"One is judged by his work, particularly when one is holding the post of prime minister," Selim said.
Selim, a member of the party's state secretariat, said one felt pity that he sought to defend the indefensible while interacting with editors of the electronic media recently. PTI
