Anna, Ramdev attack govt on corruption

Team Anna to launch an indefinite protest from July 25 at Jantar Mantar

PTI | July 17, 2012



Ahead of their proposed protests in Delhi, Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday launched an attack on the UPA government accusing it of not showing enough resolve in tackling corruption and bringing back blackmoney stashed away abroad.

Hazare and Ramdev said they will support each other in the fight. Team Anna is launching an indefinite protest from July 25 at Jantar Mantar while Ramdev's protest starts from August nine in Ramlila Maidan.

"Ramdev is fighting to bring back blackmoney. We are demanding a strong Lokpal to fight corruption. But the government has no intention to do so. They do not have the will power.

"Why efforts are not being taken to bring blackmoney stashed abroad? There may be people in government who have hidden blackmoney. This may be the reason. What is preventing them from taking action?" Hazare told reporters.

On his part, Ramdev said people have been waiting for a strong Lokpal and bringing back blackmoney for over a year but the "government has time and again hoodwinked public".

"The intention of the government to bring a strong Lokpal does not seem to be right. So now a decision has to be made till what time you have to go on with agitation, how we can get a strong Lokpal Bill and how we can bring back blackmoney," Ramdev said.

Whenever these issues are raised, Hazaer said, they were told that these are just allegations and there is no proof.

Without an independent investigation, he added, the truth will not come out.

"We demand an independent probe. Not one by the government. We don't want a CBI probe as the agency is under the control of government," he said.

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