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| Anna Hazare |
Veteran social activist and Gandhian Anna Hazare has written an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him not to mislead the nation.
"Unhappy that instead of solving the issue of corruption, Government is more bothered about speculating on our movement. I have heard that people have said that I have been cornered into fasting. This is an insult to my intelligence and wisdom. I have exercised my restraint. We have eight versions of the Lokpal Bill. You (the Prime Minister) haven't passed the weak version. Please do not mislead the nation, by telling that we are not ready to talk," Hazare wrote in the letter.
"You have said that the Government has initiated certain processes. Some of the people drafting the legislation should have been in jail. Should I have faith in these processes? If you were in my place, would you still have faith in these processes?" he asked.
The 72-year-old social activist, supported by eminent persons including Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal, has been demanding that the drafting committee for the Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption should include members of civil society. He started his fast-onto-death at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Tuesday to demand a stricter anti-corruption law that that is being proposed by the Government.
Hazare's crusade is getting large support from many people in the country. Thousands of Hazare supporters have been demanding the implementation of an improved and tougher Jan Lokpal Bill.
The Lokpal Bil has not been pased by the MPs even though it has been tabled in Parliament eight times since 1968.
Sources: http://ibnlive.in.com