"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet is like Ali Baba and chalis chor( Alibaba and forty thieves) ," he said referring to the alleged scams in telecom, coal and Commonwealth Games.
Yechury, who was addressing a public meeting organised by Ganjam district unit of CPI-M to mark the end of its 20-day padayatra in over 300 villages, said the Congress-led regime had failed to curb the rise in prices of essential commodities and was functioning at the behest of the USA.
The UPA was giving tax relief to some affluent people but was failing to provide food security to all.
