Senior Congress chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi. File | Photograph Credit score: The Hindu
The Congress on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) criticized anti-corruption physique Lokpal after it floated a young to obtain seven luxurious BMW vehicles for its members.
Taking to Congress chief and Rajya Sabha member Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned, “I chaired the Parliamentary Committee on Lokpal. Dr. LM Singhvi first conceived the concept of Lokpal within the early Sixties. To see this The anti-corruption physique now ordering BMWs for its members is tragic irony — the guardians of integrity chasing luxurious over legitimacy.”
Only a few probes
In one other publish, he acknowledged: “8,703 complaints. Solely 24 probes. 6 prosecution sanctions. And now, BMWs price ₹70 lakh every. If that is our anti-corruption watchdog, it is extra poodle than panther.”
In keeping with the tender and the producer’s web site, the long-wheelbase sedan, with an on-road worth of roughly ₹69.5 lakh per unit in Delhi, is described because the longest and most spacious automotive within the section designed for excellent consolation in a particularly luxurious cabin. The collective value of the procurement is price round ₹5 crore.
Questioning the transfer in a social media publish, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram mentioned: “Why spend public cash to amass these vehicles? I hope that at the very least one or two members of the Lokpal have refused, or will refuse, to just accept these vehicles.”
Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh mounted a scathing assault and alleged {that a} false narrative had been created towards the Manmohan Singh authorities by Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, ‘India Towards Corruption’, and the RSS however now the “actuality of the Lokpal is earlier than the individuals”.
“This isn’t Lokpal however shaukh (indulgence) pal or ‘shock’ pal,” Mr. Ramesh mentioned in a video publish on his What sort of investigation have they precisely finished?”
Printed – October 22, 2025 09:27 pm IST