Giving a clarion call to “confront corruption head-on,” Congress president Sonia Gandhi, on the second day of the party's 83rd plenary session, outlined an action plan in a powerful no holds-barred speech.
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Ms. Gandhi said, should seriously consider state funding of elections; fast-tracking of all cases that concern corruption by public servants, including politicians; legislating to ensure transparency in public procurement and contracts; and an “open, competitive system of exploiting natural resources.”
Simultaneously, she urged all Congress Chief Ministers and Central Ministers to review and relinquish all “discretionary powers,” particularly in land allocation, as she stressed that they “breed corruption.”

source; The Hindu