panaji the congress party the upa leadership and the government under prime minister manmohan singh will make all possible efforts to carry forward the fight against corruption by seeking to bring the lokpal bill in the monsoon session of parliament union minister of state for science and technology ashwani kumar said on saturdaykumar who is on an official visit to goa told media persons in panaji that it is not the central india that is avoiding the bill but the socalled crusaders against corruption who abstained from attending the last meeting with the governmentappointed negotiating committeekumars barb was aimed at anna hazare he said hazares justification of boycotting the meeting because the authorities had evicted baba ramdev from the ram lila grounds was hollow kumar blasted ramdev saying his programme was ordered by the communal bjp which has been decisively rejected and decimated in the country but is seeking a backward entry into the political landscapeasked whether the governments initiatives against corruption were adequate kumar shot back to state that at no point in the history of india had a serving minister of the government been asked to quit and put behind bars in an obvious reference to former telecom minister a k raja he also cited the examples of former maharashtra congress chief minister ashok chavan who was ousted for his connection in the adarsh scam and some corporate bigwigs who are now incarcerated due to their links in the 2g scam said kumar never before in the history of independent india have such strong and decisive measures been taken against corruption the prime minister has initiated a series of steps to fight it because corruption is a national evil a national malaise it cannot be the agenda of a single individual organisation or partyagain hitting out at hazare and ramdev kumar said any attempt to hijack this issue for crass politicization will be resisted by the people of india who will discover the truth for themselves when asked about black money kumar said the prime minister finance minister pranab mukherjee and the congress government is committed to bringing back the black money stashed away in foreign countries to india but the government has to follow the process and legal regime he saidtalking about the womens reservation bill kumar said the congress government was extremely keen to have it passed but since a 23rds majority is required for the passing of the bill in parliament the upa was making progress on achieving a consensus on the issue