Roorkee: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday threatened to return the Padma Bhushan conferred upon him, accusing the UPA of betraying the nation on the issue of Lokpal.
"This is an unpardonable betrayal of the nation...I don't want any awards from a government which does not act against corruption," Hazare said, addressing people at the parade ground in Dehradun on the conclusion of the first phase of his Jantantra Yatra.
He said despite two years after the resolution on Lokpal was passed in Parliament the anti-corruption institution was still an elusive dream. Hazare asked the people to think of not only changing a government while voting in 2014 Lok Sabha polls but also changing the system....
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04:40 AM, Apr 01, 2013
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06:30 AM, Mar 31, 2013
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08:40 AM, Mar 26, 2013
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04:31 PM, Mar 24, 2013
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04:35 PM, Mar 23, 2013
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08:15 AM, Mar 22, 2013
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08:57 AM, Mar 17, 2013
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03:59 AM, Feb 25, 2013
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04:34 AM, Feb 21, 2013
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01:20 AM, Feb 18, 2013
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06:09 PM, Feb 12, 2013
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06:34 PM, Feb 09, 2013
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05:56 PM, Feb 04, 2013
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10:30 PM, Feb 01, 2013
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03:18 PM, Feb 01, 2013
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09:46 AM, Feb 01, 2013
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