Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), Nov 30 (IANS) Anna Hazare Wednesday decried as ‘a conspiracy to weaken’ the law the government’s reported move to leave out the lower bureaucracy, grievances redressal and Lokayukta in states from the Lokpal bill on the basis of draft recommendations of a parliamentary standing committee.
Hazare also threatened to go on an indefinite protest from Dec 27 if the parliament does not enact the Jan Lokpal bill in the winter session that is scheduled to end on Dec 22.
This indefinite protest will be preceded by a day-long fast on Dec 11 at Jantar Mantar in the national capital to press for passing of the law.
Hazare told reporters that the move of the government went against the sense of a resolution on the three issues that Lok Sabha had accepted after a debate in the monsoon session of parliament.
‘There were three issues… grievances redressal, whole of bureaucracy, Lokayukta in all states… that we had raised. There was a resolution on these three issues in Lok Sabha and it was passed by the member unanimously. The copy of the resolution was sent to me.
‘This is a conspiracy to weaken the Lokpal bill,’ he added.
The parliamentary standing committee, headed by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Singhvi, is yet to finalise its report on the Lokpal bill and slated to hold one more meeting on Thursday for finalising its recommendations.
On his supporters warning him of threat of violence against him, Hazare said he is ‘not afraid of death’ and will feel it ‘an honour’ if he lost his life in the service of the nation and society.
