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Wednesday August 24, 2011 03:08:00 PM,
IANS
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New
Delhi:
The urgency to get Anna Hazare to break his nine-day fast was
greater than passing a "good Lokpal bill", Law Minister Salman
Khurshid said Wednesday.
"A good bill can come 10-15 days later but a fast cannot be broken
20 days later. So if we look at the priorities of urgency, then
the urgency that the fast must come to an end is far greater, more
serious than the urgency to pass the bill," Khurshid told
reporters.
A hectic round of talks between the government and Team Anna have
been under way - the latest being between Khurshid and Hazare
associates Wednesday morning - ahead of an all-party meeting
scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
"The all-party meeting is our sincere attempt to find a common
position in parliament. If there is no common position in
parliament, to at least try and work towards it," Khurshid said.
"We are not yet in any position to say that we have agreed to this
or that.. it is an urgency and we want to address it. But the
urgency to break the fast is not any less than the urgency to
bring a good bill," he added.
Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh added that
74-year-old Hazare's health was an issue of "major concern".
"People from Ralegan Siddhi (Hazare's village in Maharashtra) came
to meet me...the pressure has been building up. Anna Hazare's
health is a major concern...but now we are on the right track,"
Deshmukh said.
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