PM lost ''moral grounds'' to rule, must step down: Rajnath Singh

Ghaziabad, Feb 14 (PTI) Attacking Prime MinisterManmohan Singh in the wake of 2G spectrum and other scams, BJPleader Rajnath Singh has said that he should step down on"moral grounds".

"Manmohan Singh has no "moral right" to stay in powerand must step down in the interest of the country," GhaziabadMP Rajnath Singh said here.

BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad had yesterday alsoaccused the Prime Minister of being a "silent spectator" whenformer Telecom Minister A Raja flouted his directives forensuring fairness and transparency in the allocation of the 2Gspectrum.

Addressing a public rally here last evening, Singhalso slammed Mayawati government for deteriorating law andordersituation in Uttar Pradesh.

"To give a clean chit to ''criminal'' ministers and MLAsis an indication to support them and is a way to pollutepolitics which badly affects law and order situation in thestate," the former BJP president said.

No one is safe in UP and the BSP supremo who claimsto a Dalit has failed miserably to safeguard Dalit women,Singh said.

BJP Vice President Kalraj Mishra said that the BJPactivists would launch an agitation beginning today tillFebruary 21 at the district headquarters to ''uproot'' UP ChiefMinister.