"It is a very welcome statement. I welcome it. Anna Hazare should contest. Ramdev, Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Kiran Bedi, everyone should contest election," Singh told reporters while reacting to Hazare's statements.
In a television interview, Hazare yesterday gave an indication in this regard and did not rule the emergence of a "people's party" in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, saying it is not wrong if candidates selected by the people to fight the poll choose to do so.
"I will travel across the country, tell people to come up with candidates and pick the best out of them. I will then campaign for the candidates.
"We will tell the people who is the best candidate for them after putting the names on the net. We
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