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No further talks with government on Lokpal:
Anna Hazare
Wednesday July 18, 2012 08:41:38 PM,
IANS
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Siddhi (Maharashtra): Alleging that the UPA government
is trying to divide Team Anna, social activist Anna Hazare
Wednesday said they will hold no further talks with it and will
continue with their indefinite protest from July 25 for a strong
Lokpal bill.
In a three-page letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Hazare
said he will take part in protests from July 25 and also in yoga
guru Baba Ramdev's Aug 9 protest being held in the national
capital.
Hazare said that union Law Minister Salman Khurshid met him on
June 23 and assured him that the United Progressive Alliance
government is ready to bring the Lokpal bill as suggested by the
civil society.
"Khurshid told me that the government is ready to bring all junior
and senior government officials under the Lokpal and will bring
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the ambit of Lokpal,"
he said.
The social activist said that he was asked by Khurshid to keep the
meeting secret and it will be discussed with rest of the Team Anna
members after talking to prime minister and Congress chairperson
Sonia Gandhi.
"I did not discuss about this meeting thinking that if keeping it
secret can bring an effective Lokpal then nothing can be better
than it. I did ask Khurshid about how the government will again
introduce the Lokpal bill proposed by the civil society when the
parliament has already passed a bill in Lok Sabha," said Hazare.
According to Hazare, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's
Office V. Narayanasamy, in a letter to him Monday, openly wrote
that "I (Anna) have helped the government in matters related to
Lokpal".
"I have not helped government in anyway and had clearly told
Khurshid about our demands. I doubt if the intention behind
sending Khurshid was to show that I am talking to government
without telling rest of the members," he alleged.
"I was told by Khurshid that the government will make an
announcement that it has accepted civil society Lokpal bill before
our July 25 agitation. I think that the government is trying to
divide us and we have decided to hold no further talks with the
government and will continue to protest till a stringent Lokpal
bill is passed," he added.
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