Anna Hazare warns PM of agitation for appointment of Lokpal

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has expressed disappointment over prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s failure to implement the Lokpal Act, 2013 and has warned of an agitation in Delhi to press for the implementation of the Act.

In a letter to Modi on August 30, Hazare wrote: “i’ve by no means agitated towards any specific political birthday celebration. inside the ultimate 3 years, I waited on the way to act and kept reminding you approximately these issues. but I never obtained any reply to those letters,” he stated.

“Now my next letter would be approximately the venue and date of agitation,” Hazare said, stating that he has made up his thoughts approximately the very last step.

The well-known social activist said that the authorities had finished 3 years but there regarded to be no willingness to execute the Lokpal Act that is geared toward bringing down corruption.
Hazare in his letter stated that the BJP had given its assent to the Lokpal bill and it turned into anticipated that the celebration could start the implementation of the Act. “The top Minister is speakme on numerous troubles in his speeches however has never noted some thing about the Lokpal Act in his Maan Ki Baat,” the letter states.

Reminding the top Minister of his promise to paintings in the direction of a “corruption-free India”, he indexed a number of legislation initiated by using the Congress government toward this give up — The Prevention of Bribery of overseas Public officers and officials of Public worldwide agency bill 2011, Judicial requirements and responsibility bill 2012, The Prevention of money Laundering (modification) bill and the general public Procurement bill 2012.

“All of those legislation will assist convey down corruption in India, but the high Minister is preserving mum on a majority of these issues. Then how is India going to come to be corruption-loose?” Hazare asked.

Acknowledging that he changed into nonetheless receiving court cases of corruption from all parts of the us of a, the letter reads: “Corruption has no longer ended; my conscience tells me to re-release the agitation.” Hazare said that he’s going to begin consultations with fellow crusaders and residents in the following couple of days to devise the date and venue of the agitation.
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