Anna Hazare threatens another fast

Veteran Gandhian and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare threatens another fast if government does not take any immediate action to pass Lok Pal Bill in the Parliament.

Anna Hazare said that government has ‘betrayed’ people on Lokpal Bill issue and he would start another agitation in Ramlila Maidan before the Winter Session of the Parliament, if government fails to act on its promise over LokPal Bill.

Hazare wrote a letter on Thursday to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urge him to take necessary action on its promises.

“I broke my fast (in Dec, 2011) believing in your assurance that your government would pass the Bill before the then Winter Session. One Session after another has come and gone and now another Winter Session is before us. The Bill has not been passed yet” the activist wrote.
“Had I been aware that your government would betray the country’s 1.20 billion people, I would never have broken my fast,” he told the PM. It is clear that the UPA does not intend to table the Bill in Parliament, he alleged. It got so many Bills, including Land Acquisition Bill, Food Security Bill and Pension Bill, passed but not Lokpal Bill,” Anna said.

“After being passed in the Lok Sabha, the Bill has been pending in Rajya Sabha for close to two years. The only conclusion I can draw is that the delay is deliberate on the part of your government,” Anna added.

Currently the bill is with Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha for its final report. The bill was passed in the lower house in December, 2011.

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