Anti-corruption
crusader Anna Hazare today left for the national capital from his
hometown Ralegan Siddhi to sit on a day-long fast at the Jantar Mantar
on Sunday.
Before leaving Ralegan Siddhi, Anna addressed mediapersons, saying his movement was the second struggle for independence. |
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He
also said that the politicians were greedy for money and power. The
anti-corruption crusader is slated to sit on a day-long fast at the
Jantar Mantar on Sunday.
'This is the second struggle for independence. Politicians in their greed for money and power have turned corrupt. We have to teach them a lesson,' he said. Following his day-long fast on Sunday, the anti-corruption crusader will from 27 December sit on a longer fast if a strong Lokpal bill is not passed. 'I will sit on a day-long fast tomorrow. But will sit on a longer fast from 27 December,' said Anna. This comes a day after the Parliament Standing Committee tabled its Lokpal Bill draft report with 16 dissent notes, which failed to impress Team Anna and the Opposition who rubbished the report. Team Anna has invited all political parties to debate on the anti-corruption Bill before the people during the rally on Sunday. Anna has called Parliamentary Standing Committee's Lokpal draft report an insult to the Prime Minister's promise. Not just that, he also targeted Rahul Gandhi saying, 'This is a betrayal, Rahul Gandhi must be behind this. They said they would introduce a strong bill but this is a weak effort. The Prime Minister had written to me about three issues, Pranab Mukherjee passed that on to the Lokpal Committee and now they say that they didn't receive it. Is this how a government functions?' |