With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing concern over Parliament disruptions, the BJP today tried to turn the tables on him, questioning his contribution to efforts to break the impasse over Opposition's demand for a JPC probe into the 2G Spectrum scam.
It also said that the Prime Minister should bear in mind that his government's "stubborn" stand against Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 2G scam was the reason for both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha sessions being washed out.
"The Prime Minister has spoken on the Parliament impasse outside the country. But he never made any attempt to resolve the issue when he was in Delhi and never opened his mouth in Parliament on the issue," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain told reporters here at his residence.
"The responsibility for corruption in the UPA government has to be collective, as it was the members of Singh's Council of Ministers, who have been caught indulging in corruption," he said.
He said the Opposition wanted Parliament to run smoothly, but the Prime Minister made no contribution towards resolving the dispute over the government not agreeing to the JPC probe.
Singh had told Indian journalists in Berlin that he was "worried" over the future of Parliamentary system in India in the wake of a complete washout of the winter session of Parliament on the 2G spectrum issue.
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"The Prime Minister should keep in mind that his government's corruption and its stubborn attitude in not agreeing to a JPC probe are threatening democracy in this country," Hussain said.
"Indian democracy was, is and will remain strong. The Opposition's responsibility, as it was during Emergency, is to save democracy. It is for strengthening democracy that Opposition is raising its voice in Parliament on corruption issue," he added.
Dubbing the UPA government as "the most corrupt," the BJP leader said it was due to the failure of Singh's government that corruption took place, be it on 2G Spectrum or the Commonwealth Games, and these were the reasons for which the Parliament stood disrupted.
"The image of this government has taken a beating. We want to remind this government that the Opposition is united on the JPC demand and we will continue to demand it till the government agrees to it.
"After Parliament session is over, we will take this fight to the roads and when Parliament budget session resumes, we will continue the protest," he added.