New Delhi: Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday said that he did not call Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a 'Shikhandi' but blamed the UPA leadership of shielding corruption in the government.

"I did not call the Prime Minister a 'Shikhandi'. We also know that he is personally not corrupt. But, when PM let's corruption flourish under his leadership, what is the point of personal honesty. Congress party uses him as a 'kavach', or shield just as Shikhandi was used as a shield in Mahabharata," he told reporters on Tuesday.

Bhushan has also written a letter to External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, accusing him of corruption. "You have strenuously opposed the investigation by the Lokayukta police ordred by High Court into your alleged role in the deservation of huge tracts of forest land for mining by private corporations, only strengthens the suspicions about your guilt in this matter. Stay order or that the matter is subjudice does not detract from the need for an independent investigation," he said.

Prashant has also written a letter to External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, accusing him of corruption.