[castevictim]

Yes, but the systematic dismantling of the independent agencies did not happen during congress period even though there were always bootlickers around in every govt.

Remember Auditor General of India, CBI(FBI equivalent) discovered and booked Congress-alliance party members for scam while they were ruling? Now, CBI has become a laughing stock is being used as lap dogs for ruling party to get parties into alliance with them.

[sseth]

During congress rule, CBI was referred to as a "caged parrot". The CBI did not act unless forced by the Supreme Court.

The CAG is a very different body - it is much more independent of government, and did raise issues around 2G spectrum allocation and many other areas during Congress time. I mean, the UPA had a minister running an entire TV station out of BSNL lines running to his home, so really it was pretty blatant and hard not to catch.

We should not confuse this type of corruption with doing favors to business which does not show up in government books, and is not easy for CAG to catch.

[gigatexal]

To be fair I can’t think of a congress party member that was wanted for crimes against humanity on an international scale until he became PM and all was forgiven. [1]

[1](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30826044)

[castevictim]

It is indeed extraordinarily sad that we have accustomed to have 'A mass murder accused' as prime minister and it is not even part of discussions against the party which hosts him.

[known]

No sane person will respect Modi if they knew all the ugly/sub-human things he did to become CM/PM; Hope 22 crores who voted for Modi are regretting now;

[sbmthakur]

You missed an important detail. A committee under the aegis of the Supreme Court of India cleared him of all those crimes against humanity.