Congress drags its feet over tackling graft. It may pay a high price
THE prime minister’s loyalty to his friends looks to be ever more a fault. This week parliament grilled Manmohan Singh over his latest failure to fight corruption and his habit of sticking with compromised allies. The grilling concerned P.J. Thomas, the man Mr Singh appointed to lead India’s fight against corruption.
Mr Thomas was, to put it politely, an unorthodox choice to lead the national “vigilance” commission. A former official in the scandal-besmirched telecoms ministry, he faces a longstanding charge over an import scam.
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