Ravi Shankar Prasad (centre) addresses the news meet at the party office in Patna on Saturday. Picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh

Patna, June 18: The BJP came up with a series of attacks on the ruling UPA government at the Centre over a series of scams.

Addressing reporters, BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government of Manmohan Singh is the “most corrupt” government since Independence.

Hitting out at the UPA, Prasad said: “Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is heading the most corrupt and repressive government since the Independence. He is the CEO working on behalf of the owners of a company of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi who do not have any accountability. The nation is in a state of uncertainty and is not heading anywhere. The whole country is talking about the corruption but the Congress leaders have chosen to be mute spectators.”

Prasad asked why the Congress president was not mute over the various scams, including the 2G spectrum case, Adarsh Co-operative Housing scam, the Commonwealth Games scam and on the issue of a Union minister charged by the lokyukta (ombudsman).

“Why did Sonia Gandhi keep quiet when Rs 1.76 lakh crore of public money was looted in the 2G scam. How could Prime Minister Manmohan Singh give a clean chit to then telecom minister A. Raja?” Prasad asked.

“Why was Sonia silent when Rs 70,000 crore of public money was looted in the name of Commonwealth Games and Delhi chief minister Sheila Dixit was opposing the Shunglu Committee report, which was set up to find irregularities in the CWG,” he said.

Prasad also asked why the Congress president is not reacting to the Lokayukta charge against Delhi minister Raj Kumar Chauhan for using his power.

“We want to know that how many people have come under the ambit of Money Laundering Act and what kind of punitive measures have been taken to know the whereabouts of the money stashed in foreign banks,” he said.

The BJP spokesperson criticised Digvijay’s remark that Rahul Gandhi was ready to be the Prime Minister of the country.

Commenting on taking part in an all-party meeting on Lokpal, Ravi Shankar Prasad said the BJP is not opposed to the idea. “However, the BJP will place its views only after the government and the Congress do so,” he added.