Questioning Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's honesty, the Anna Hazare team has raised its pitch on the Lokpal Bill demanding that its version be placed before Parliament, saying that the "weak" government draft was a "joke" played on the nation.
Hazare stood firm on his threat to go on indefinite fast from August 16 and announced that a referendum will be conducted from July 21 in Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency from where HRD Minister Kapil Sibal was elected.
The Gandhian also shot off a letter to the Prime Minister on Monday seeking to punch holes in the government's stand on the anti-corruption law and alleging that the Centre and state governments were pointing fingers at each other to avoid a strong institution to fight corruption.
"The government's draft prepared by the five ministers in the joint drafting committee is a joke played on the nation. The scope of the draft is so confined that it does not address the corruption faced by common man," Hazare said in the letter to Singh informing about his fast from August 16.
Source Rediff.com:http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-how-honest-have-you-beenmanmohan-singh-asks-anna/20110719.htm
Monday, 18 July 2011
How honest have you been Mr PM, asks Anna
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