Hazare asks people not to elect MPs who oppose Jan Lokpal Bill
PTI | 08:09 PM,Sep 11,2011Ralegan Sindhi, Sep 11 (PTI) Making it clear that there will be no let-up in his crusade against corruption, Anna Hazare today asked people not to vote for MPs who have opposed the Jan Lokpal Bill in the next general elections and "gherao" their houses even as he announced plans for a nationwide yatra including states where assembly polls are due. "Watch the MPs on television and note those, who have opposed the Jan Lokpal bill in Parliament, and later 'gherao' their houses chanting bhajans in a non-violent protest," he said at the end of the two-day meeting of the Core Committee of his anti-corruption movement, the first since he called off his 12-day fast at Delhi's Ramlila Ground on August 28. "People should stage a sit-in in front of their houses and chant Raghupati Raghav Rajaram," he said adding he would campaign against MPs opposing the Jan Lokpal Bill in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Resolving to intensify his fight to ensure passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill, the 74-year-old anti-corruption crusader Hazare said he would embark next month on a nation-wide tour for the cause. "I will tour constituencies where the MPs, who have opposed the Jan Lokpal Bill, will seek re-election and urge people not to vote for them," he said. "The Government Lokpal Bill is fraudulent. Corruption will only increase if a legislation is passed based on Government's draft," he said. Hazare said he would prefer to travel by train rather than plane so that he can interact with the general public. "A plane takes you from one place and lands within a short time at another place. There is no interaction with common people during this kind of travel. I I also travel by plane, there will not be any difference between me and the ministers," he said..
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