Hazare slams Modi over Bhatt's arrest

Says Guj CM should have waited for SC decision on Bhatt's affidavit

PTI | October 4, 2011



Anna Hazare on Tuesday slammed Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over the incarceration of state top cop Sanjeev Bhatt, who had accused Modi of being responsible for the 200 anti-Muslim riots.

On being asked if he feared that he would be targeted as a BJP supporter, Hazare said those who raise such allegations should be sent to a mental hospital.

"In my whole life, not a single instance has shown that I had been associated with BJP or RSS. I have never attended a single meeting (of BJP or RSS)," he said.

Replying to a question, he said Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's decision to jail IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt was wrong. "Bhatt has submitted an affidavit in the supreme court. The matter is before the supreme court. Then what is the need for arresting him. This is wrong," Hazare said.

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