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Four-year prison sentence for ex-BJP chief Laxman insufficient: Hazare | Veteran social activist Anna Hazare has said the four-year prison sentence given to former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Bangaru Laxman on charges of bribery is enough too feeble to strike fear in the hearts
of all corrupt politicians. Talking to media here, Hazare said that he did not want to comment on a court judgement, but added that it was important to set an example by handing out severe sentences to influential people who were corrupt.
"Four years is too less. Only a substantial sentence would create fear in the
minds of the culprits against corruption. A person on a strong or influential
position should be punished sternly. Only then they would fear the law," Hazare
added. Laxman was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined Rs. one lakh
in connection with the fictitious arms deal case on Saturday. He was earlier convicted
for accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer in exchange for recommending to
the Defence Ministry a request to award the dealers a contract to supply thermal
binoculars to the army. Laxman, a former minister, was convicted on the basis
of an on camera sting operation at the BJP headquarters. He had to quit as BJP
president shortly after the sting operation was exposed. |
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