NEW DELHI:  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said corruption has been removed from India's political dictionary under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that there is a thrust towards reforms and liberalisation without crony capitalism and harassment.

Marking a year in office of the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, he launched an all-round attack on the UPA government.

"Herein lies the difference between UPA's crony capitalism and institutional destruction and NDA's liberalisation and anti-corruption, combined with an emphasis on both strengthening institution building and social security for the poor and vulnerable," said Mr Jaitley.

Recalling the situation that existed a year ago, Mr Jaitley said the UPA government wanted to centralise power in its own hands rather than promote non-discretionary and rule-based governance.

"The 'scam and scandal, corruption and retribution' Raj is behind us," he said in a Facebook post titled 'The Fall of UPA's Crony Capitalism - A Year of Reform'.

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