Bellary: Terming the Jan Chetna Yatra
as a failure, Senior Congress leader and Union Labour Minister
Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday slammed veteran BJP leader L K
Advani for "keeping silent" on black money and corruption when
NDA was in power.
"Advani kept mum and did nothing to bring back black
money to the country during the six years of NDA rule. Why is
he vocal now? ... It is just a political gimmick," he told
reporters here.
Kharge is here campaigning for Congress candidate B
Ramprasad for the November 30 bye-election to the Bellary
Rural constituency.
During his nationwide yatra, Advani had asked the Congress
president Sonia Gandhi to speak on the issues of black money,
corruption and inflation.
Kharge said Advani's yatra against corruption has failed
to evoke good response as people are aware of the "real
culprits."
PTI
First Published: Monday, November 21, 2011, 22:16