Former premier Nawaz Sharif with Indian PM Narendra Modi. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
As the ruling Sharif’s family is facing accountability courts over graft allegations, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he has no relatives to benefit from corruption, according to The Times of India.
"My battle against corruption is uncompromising. Anyone caught indulging in corruption will not be spared. I have no relatives [to benefit]," Modi said at the BJP National Executive Meet that concluded in Delhi on Monday.
In its July 28 landmark judgment in the Panamagate case, the Supreme Court deposed former premier Nawaz Sharif for concealing assets in his nomination papers for 2013 elections.
The top court had also ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file references against Nawaz, his sons Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz, daughter Maryam Nawaz, her husband Capt (retd) Safdar and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar within six weeks of the announcement of the judgment.
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Union finance minister Arun Jaitley shared the key points of the prime minister's speech at the meet, where the party also adopted a six-point agenda to rid the country of poverty, terrorism, casteism, communalism and corruption.
"Democracy must be seen beyond elections," Modi said. He stressed that "conventional politics like winning elections is ongoing, but the faith reposited in us by the people is a means to take democracy forward".
The premier went on to highlight the idea of a 'New India' where "all schemes will be taken to the public", and "party workers would act as a bridge between the BJP and the people".
He added: "Harsh language can't be a subsitute for any substantive charge against the government."
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