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Team Anna to target PM during western UP tour

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 1:49 AM IST

The 'Gram Samvad Yatra', as it is called, will start from June 18 and end on July 12 and will be anchored by Team Anna member Manish Sisodia.

The yatra is aimed at drumming up support for its indefinite fast here from July 25 against UPA government for failing to pass a strong Lokpal Bill.

During the yatra, a Team Anna statement said, awareness would be raised on the corruption allegations against 15 cabinet ministers, including the prime minister.

"The charges against prime minister on coal scam, considered to be one of the biggest scams, will also be discussed in detail. Apart from the Cabinet ministers, irregularities of party supremos like Mulayam Singh, Mayawati and other BJP leaders would also be discussed," it said.

Team Anna's emphasis on Singh came a day after Hazare made a U-turn and gave a clean chit to Singh while alleging that there was a "certain remote control" which dictates decisions to him. Hazare said Singh is an honest person and there was no direct proof of his involvement in corruption.

Hazare had recently said that he had no faith in the prime minister and his associates had targeted him on alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks. Four days ago, he even said after going through the files prepared by his team on the coal scam, he has suspicion about Singh.

"I have seen the papers, I have suspicion, I have doubts. I had always thought that he was a clean prime minister but after reading the files... There is something wrong," Hazare had said on Monday. (MORE)

  

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First Published: Jun 08 2012 | 5:15 PM IST

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