Not as big a culprit as I am painted: Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said he was not that much of a “culprit” as he was being shown.

“I never said I did not make any mistake.?I want to say that I am not that much of a culprit as I am being shown,” he told TV channel editors in an interaction to clear his stand on corruption and governance.

He said the government will also act on black money contorversy.

“It is not true that we have not dealt with black money problem,” he said, adding that international treaties will be revised.

He said his government will take all possible measures on black money and will try to bring back the money from foreign banks.

The Prime Minister earlier said he was no lame duck and would effect a cabinet reshuffle after budget presentation.

He promised to bring down food inflation.

He said he is not scared of facing the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe on any corruption issue.

He said efforts are on to ensure the budget session functions with Opposition unlike the winter session which was deadlocked over the demand for a JPC by the Opposition.