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Kejriwal keen to continue relations with Anna | RTI crusader and Indian Against Corruption (IAC) member Arvind Kejriwal on Monday downplayed the differences with Anna Hazare, saying there was no spat with the veteran social activist.
Kejriwal, who was accompanied by fellow IAC activist Manish Sisodia during the meeting with Anna Hazare,
said there is a need to fight against the rampant corruption collectively.
"Our relations with Anna Hazare will continue forever. We will always remain with Anna. We need
to collectively fight graft. Our paths may be different, but all of us want to
stamp out corruption," Kejriwal told mediapersons after meeting Hazare. "Anna
has already said he will not support the political route to fight corruption.
There are many routes to achieve our objective. We had come to say that no matter
what he decides we will support it," he added. Anna Hazare, who is in Delhi to
meet his supporters, had earlier on Sunday said entering politics was not the
correct way to fight corruption.
"There was no cheating. I just said that politics is dirty and not the correct way to fight corruption. If politics
would have been the right way towards the bright future of a country then why would have India
mortgaged gold? Politics will not get development in the country," Hazare told
media here. He further said their movement needs to reach out to villages and
rural areas and they have to fight for changing the whole system. "We have to
make this movement move forward from Delhi to villages. We still have one and
a half years left. This movement has to reach villages and not just for bringing
Jan Lokpal Bill but for changing the whole system of the country. We still have
many things left like Jan Lokpal, right to reject, right to recall, right of village
councils, rights of farmers and labourers," he added.
Hazare, however, denied reports of split with his team members, and said their path may be different,
but their destination is the same, which is a corruption free country. "There
is no rift between us. We may have taken different paths but our destination is
the same, a corruption free India . We want to create a corruption free India
. He (Arvind Kejriwal) also has the same ambition through politics and we also
have the same ambition through movement. So, why should we fight?" said Hazare.
Hazare in his blog on Friday launched a scathing attack at IAC member Arvind Kejriwal
after he decided to go ahead with his decision to provide a political alternative
to the people of the country. Team Anna suffered a vertical split with Hazare
and some top activists choosing to part ways with the Arvind Kejriwal-led group,
opposing their plans to form a political party.
Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Manish
Sisodia and others want to form a political party and contest elections to usher
in fundamental changes in the country's democratic structure. Hazare had staged
a hunger strike against corruption that roused public ire against the government.
Thousands took to the streets at his call, demanding for an anti-graft Lokpal
(ombudsman) to tackle rampant graft. |
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