Punish me if I am anti-national, Anna dares PMO

New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday continued his attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying if the government was calling him anti-national, why it was not acting against him.

Hitting out at the Prime Minister's Office for claiming a foreign hand backing him, Anna said, "The PMO should reveal which foreign hand is behind me…such baseless statement is not expected from the PMO."

The veteran Gandhian accused the government of trying to divert the attention from real issues, saying "that is the reason why the PMO is making such comments against me".

The anti-corruption crusader said that the PMO must reveal which foreign hand was behind his movement against graft.

He further said that the government did not intend to make a stringent law which can fight the menace of corruption.

Anna said, "The law should be made and implemented as per the consent of the masses."

"The government did not take into account our views before bring Lokpal Bill in Parliament," he further said.

Addressing a press conference, the anti-corruption crusader said that he had sent the file of evidence against the Cabinet ministers to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi as well.

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