UPA govt is in ICU, says Advani

New Delhi: Criticising the crisis-ridden UPA government, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L K Advani has said that the Congress-led dispensation is "in a state of paralysis."

Speaking at a function organised by a financial daily in Mumbai on Saturday, Advani said, "In my six decades in national politics, I have never come across a government that has remained in a state of paralysis for so long a time, due to its own internal contradictions."

"The UPA government is in ICU and how it will rescue itself is something that I don't know. I am not a doctor," he said.

On the inflation rate which has touched a 13-year high of 11.05 per cent, Advani said, "People expected better management of the nation's economy from Manmohan Singh, who is known to be a distinguished economist."