Only deferred my fast, protest goes on: Anna Hazare
Hazare broke his 13-days long fast on Sunday morning after Parliament adopted the Sense of the House resolution on the three key demands made by him.
Dismissing the charge that his campaign was against Parliament and Constitution, he said the change has to be through constitutional means.
Hazare said that his fight would now be for Right to recall and Right to reject as part of electoral reforms so that corruption can be reduced.
"While
Right
to
recall
would
be
for
those
elected,
the
Right
to
reject
will
be
a
column
in
the
ballot
paper
which
would
ensure
the
voter
has
a
right
to
say
that
he
does
not
like
the
listed
candidates.
"We
have
to
reform
electoral
system.
(we
need)
Right
to
reject.
You
should
be
able
to
reject
your
candidate
in
the
ballot
paper.
We
have
to
do
that."
"If the majority in a constituency says that they reject a candidate, even then the election should be cancelled. How much money they (candidates) will distribute? Once the candidate spends Rs 10 crore for one election and if the election is cancelled, then right sense will dawn upon them," he said.
Maintaining that people's parliament is bigger than "Parliament in Delhi", Hazare said that is why Parliament had to listen to people's parliament.
"This movement has created a faith that the country can be rid of corruption and we can go ahead with implementing laws and the Constitution made by Dr BR Ambedkar," he said.
Referring to Parliament's decision to refer three of his demands, citizen's charter, inclusion of lower bureaucracy and creation of Lokayuktas through Lokpal bill for Standing Committee's consideration, he said, the country can be proud of this moment. Thirteen days of agitation has yielded fruits.
Meanwhile, Team Anna said that it hopes that the Government will convene a special session of Parliament to pass the Lokpal Bill in a month's time. "We hope that the government convenes a special session of Parliament within a month's time to pass Lokpal Bill," Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan said.
Flanked by his team members, including Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan, Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi and Manish Sisodia, Hazare said what has been achieved in Parliament on Saturday is a victory of the people of India, democracy and those assembled in Ramlila Ground.
PTI