Govt
rejects Hazare's proposals; Defiant activist announces Jail Bharo campaign
Friday April 08, 2011 12:05:50 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: As his
fast-unto-death entered the fourth day here Friday, social
activist Anna Hazare asked supporters to court arrest April 12
under a 'Jail Bharo Andolan' after the government turned down two
of his demands on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill.
Hazare's announcement came after Human Resource Development
Minister Kapil Sibal said two demands of the activists could not
be met. These are notification on an anti-corruption panel and for
electing former chief justice of India Justice J.S. Verma or
former Supreme Court judge Justice Santosh Hegde as chairman of
the committee.
Looking determined, Hazare said: "I have made a decision and
appeal to you that April 12 will be Jail Bharo Andolan. How can
they refuse the people's appeal?
"These people (politicians) who have turned us down will come
tomorrow asking for votes and say 'give us a chance to serve you'.
When the people are giving you the chance to serve, for the
country's good, they turn you down. So people will go to jail to
teach them a lesson," he added amid thunderous applause from the
ever growing crowd of supporters.
The 72-year-old Gandhian said he would not eat till the government
gave a role to civil society in drafting a stringent Lokpal Bill.
Amid the growing sea of supporters which included doctors,
lawyers, teachers, students, homemakers, Friday saw actor Anupam
Kher and Pritish Nandy sitting at Jantar Mantar in support of the
movement.
"I want to thank all the youngsters, the school children, who have
come to support this movement," Hazare said.
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