NEW DELHI – Indian politician Rahul Gandhi, widely seen as a prime minister-in-waiting, on Saturday demanded “stringent” action against corruption amid a wave of scandals that have jolted the country.
A series of graft scandals erupted last year, including a massive telecoms licences scam that has undermined Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as well as allegations of widespread corruption related to the Commonwealth Games. “Stringent action against corruption is needed.
Punishment should be within six months, instead of 20 years,” Gandhi told reporters in Aurangab in the western state of Maharashtra, according to the Press Trust of India.
