Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Pass Lokpal or face our wrath: Anna to Congress


Two days before Diwali, Anna Hazare on Monday snubbed the government for targeting the member of civil society group. In a blog released typically during prime time TV on Monday evening, Anna has sounded his sternest warning to the UPA Government.
 If the Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed in the Winter Session of Parliament, then Hazare will not only tour the election bound states but will campaign against the Congress during the General Elections as well.
Supporting his core team members, Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal who are now facing allegations of financial irregularities, Anna said, "To accuse and humiliate seems to be the mantra of the few. This is not the first time that such accusations have been levelled against Kiran Bedi. Every member of Team Anna had to face accusations and character assassination by the gang of four. Who are these people? Those are the very same people who are not in favor of Jan Lokpal Bill."
In his latest blog Hazare has given a blow-by-blow account of his arrest in the run up to his agitation at Ramlila Maidan squarely blaming what he calls is a 'gang of four' within the govt.
While not naming anyone, Anna went to the extent of calling them ruffians who were killing the voice of the vast majority within the government itself.

"The number of Ministers who are opposing Jan Lokpal Bill in Cabinet is handful. It is similar to a village where there are 2 to 4 goons who hold the entire village to ransom. In government there is a majority of people who are righteous but can't go against these ruffians. Leaving aside these specific four to six people no one points a finger at us," Hazare said.
Recalling the formation of the Joint Committee to draft Lokpal Bill, he said these people did not want the Jan Lokpal bill passed.
Bedi, a former IPS officer, is under attack for overcharging organisations by inflating her travel bills though she claimed the money went to her NGO. She had offered to return the excess money collected from her hosts.
"I do not blame all the ministers from the Congress party or the Government as a whole. There are some righteous and committed people in the Government but they cannot raise their voice because of this 'gang of four'," Hazare said.
And in what could be Team Anna's latest strategy, the man who is being hailed as a modern day Mahatma is now asking people across the country to send 40 lakh resolutions to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Winter Session of Parliament.

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