Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today accused Anna Hazare of indulging in politics instead of fighting corruption and attacked him for burning copies of the government bill on Lok Pal a few days back.
Justifying the detention of Hazare, the AICC General Secretary said there are provisions of taking preventive steps in law if the administration feels that law and order can go out of control in a certain situation.
"Who gave him (Hazare) the right to burn copies of the bill which has been tabled in Parliament? Was this constitutional? The thing is that he is not fighting against corruption but doing politics," Singh said.
He also appealed to Hazare that instead of observing a fast over the issue, the civil rights activist should go before the Standing Committee to put across his views.
As far as the public movement is concerned, they should convince MPs to bring the bill they want in Lok Sabha, he said.
