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Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Monday said he suspected whether the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, is clean after going through the CAG report on coal allocation and the file prepared by his team members. "I have seen the papers, I have suspicion. I had always thought that he was a clean Prime Minister, but after reading the files I doubt there is something wrong," he told media here. Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal also said that the allegations that have been levelled against the ministers are based on the Supreme Court orders and the CAG report. "I have heard that she has said all the allegations are baseless. We will send her all the files tomorrow. She should herself look into it. If the CAG's report is also baseless, then nothing will be left in this country," he said, when asked to comment on Sonia Gandhi's remarks. The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, earlier today rejected the charges of Team Anna that the government had "swindled unbelievable amounts" of money and hit out at yoga guru Baba Ramdev for claiming that "astronomical" sums of black money can be brought back from other countries in one stroke. Addressing the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here, Dr. Singh said: "The truth is that our government is fully committed to tackle the menace of corruption in public life and bring about transparency and accountability in the work of government authorities. And we have proved this by taking action on multiple fronts." "The legislative and administrative action we have taken in this area speaks for itself," he added. Gandhi, who is also the UPA chairperson, had also launched a scathing attack on the opposition and civil society activists, stating that they were levelling baseless allegations against the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and termed it as a 'conspiracy' to malign their image.

Accusations against PM not baseless, says Anna