PATNA: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has rejected the amended Jan Lokpal Bill approved by the Union cabinet as a "farce" and announced the JantantraMorcha will continue to agitate till the government does not include their proposals in the Bill.
Hazare recalled UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi sent him a letter four days back stating the Bill, after being passed by the Lok Sabha, was lying in the Rajya Sabha and was likely to be debated during the Budget session. "I have written back to Sonia seeking clarification whether the proposed Bill will be a stringent one and whether the CBI and CVC will be kept out of the government's control. I am yet to get a reply from her," Hazare said at a press conference in Patna on Thursday.
"I am 75 and have seen the world. I have waited for two years hoping that the Jan Lokpal Bill will be amended. But just adopting the name 'Jan Lokpal Bill' will not be enough to convince me. They have to include our proposals," he said.
Anna also questioned the UPA government's commitment to root out corruption in the country, saying he did not trust PM Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to bring a stringent Bill for creating an anti-corruption ombudsman. "I will travel across the country to mobilize people to join my movement," he said.
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