India News: BJP on Wednesday sought to paint a dismal picture of UPA-II holding it responsible for the economic gloom and failure to give the country leadership while accusing it of diminishing the role of the Prime Minister.

On the fourth anniversary of UPA-II, BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley said they would limit their critique to the second innings of the Congress-led coalition which has witnessed "mindboggling" scams that hit the common man the hardest.

"UPA-II has seen more corruption than UPA-I. There have been mind boggling scams which were not seen by any previous government," Swaraj told a press conference here with Jaitley.

Echoing Swaraj, Jaitley said, "UPA has devalued the Prime Minister's post. Singh's Cabinet colleagues look towards UPA chairperson for policy directions and somewhere else for future leadership."