Thiruvananthapuram: Lashing out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government at the Centre, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today (May 5, 2004) said corruption was rampant during the five-year rule even at the cost of national security of the nation.

Addressing her first election campaign in Kerala, Sonia said not a single day passed during the five years of BJP-NDA rule without a scam involving BJP-NDA leaders.

"Even the defence sector, most sensitive area has not been spared of corruption," she said.

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"You all must remember the coffin scam and Tehelka tape, and the CAG report, which showed how attempts were made to make money at the cost of the life of jawans and interest of the nation's security," she said. One of major scam was the UTI involving Rs 25,000 crore of middle class and small investors, she said.

Terming the five-year rule of BJP-NDA as one of the worst in the independent history of the country, she said the internal security of the country has been worsened. "Terrorist attack has taken place as never in the country during the past five years," she said.