Manmohan defends record in Indian parliament

FE Team | Published: February 25, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Feb 24 (AFP): India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday defended his record in office as his embattled government looked to revive its fortunes during a new parliamentary session. Singh pointed to the country's rapid development in recent years as he tried to shrug off a series of corruption scandals that have undermined his personal reputation and led to damaging deadlock in parliament last year. "The whole world has admired India's economic growth," he told lawmakers. "The government is committed to achieving a growth rate of nine to 10 percent this year." He again vowed to tackle graft, which many Indians believe has increased as the economy has boomed. "Nobody will escape the law," he said. "Action has been taken against the wrongdoers as and when there has been credible evidence. The government will do everything to clean public life of corruption."