Accusing the government of going back on its assurances to give a strong Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Friday threatened to start another country-wide agitation to achieve his demand of a pro-people Jan Lokpal.
Slamming the government Lokpal draft, Hazare took on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and accused them of not fulfilling the promises made to him while addressing reporters at Constitution Club in Delhi.
Reiterating his demand to bring lower bureaucracy within the Lokpal's jurisdiction and to make investigative agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation, Chief Vigilance Commissioner independent like the Election Commission, Hazare said the draft cleared by the Union Cabinet would make for a ‘'toothless’'
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