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Hazare threatens to step up stir on Lok Pal

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Press Trust of India Gadag (Kar)
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today threatened to intensify his movement for a strong Lokpal Bill if the UPA government failed to introduce it before the General elections next year.

He alleged that the Centre was "conspiring" to supress the anti-graft movement instead of punishing corrupt leaders. "...I will organise more youths to launch agitation against UPA government before Lok Sabha polls," he said.

He claimed that he would mobilise around six crore people by next year to prepare for dislodging the UPA Government if it failed to bring forward a strong Lokpal Bill. "This Bill can curb 90 per cent corruption along with legislations of right to recall and reject," he said.
 

Interacting with farmers in Tonradarya Mutt, Hazare asked various farmers' associations to unite to overcome their problems. "They have failed to get justice due to differences among various farmers' associations," he said.

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First Published: Mar 12 2013 | 9:55 PM IST

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