Corruption-free govt is our big achievement: Sushma Swaraj

Udaipur: With the Narendra Modi dispensation completing a year in office, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that a “corruption-free” government is one of its major achievements. [caption id=“attachment_2274232” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said a corruption-free govt was the Modi govt’s biggest achievement. AFP[/caption] “Our government delivered good governance without corruption. This is our big achievement. There was not a single allegation of corruption on this government,” Swaraj said in Udaipur. “Corruption was rampant during the UPA government’s rule but we changed the system to bring transparency,” she told reporters in Udaipur on completion of one year of the government. “There was coal scam during the previous regime but we adopted the system of auction so that there is no chance of corruption,” the Union minister added. Swaraj said that the Modi government extended social security by introducing Atal Pension Yojna and took many other steps for welfare of people and also financial inclusion. Hitting out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for calling Modi government ‘suit boot ki sarkar’, Swaraj said that the former UPA government was ’loot-paat ki sarkar’ which was involved in coal and 2G spectrum scams. She said that the scams during the former government’s rule were related with allotment of resources. Therefore, the NDA government decided to allot the resources through auction only, saying the new system not only brought transparency but also generated huge revenue for the government. The Minister on the occasion also announced to set up a Passport Seva Kendra in Udaipur and that permission for this would be issued within a month. It will be the fourth Passport Seva Kendra in Rajasthan after Jaipur, Sikar and Jodhpur. Swaraj said that government of India evacuated citizens of 48 countries from Iraq, Libya and Yemen and it was one of its kind achievements after independence. She said the Opposition parties were targeting PM for his visit to 18 countries and mentioned that she has been to 21 countries and the Opposition should talk about the achievements of the government instead of making such issues. PTI