New Delhi, Apr.11 (ANI): Gandhian and social activist Anna Hazare on Monday said that Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal is questioning the effectiveness of having a Lok Pal Bill, he should resign from the joint committee that has been created to draft the Bill.
"If Sibal feels that nothing will happen due to the Lokpal Bill, then he should resign from the joint committee as soon as possible. Why is he wasting his and our time? He should do other things for the country. Why does he want to be in the committee. If you believe that nothing will happen, you should not be there in the joint committee, he should resign and do some other work," Hazare told reporters before he left for his hometown Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar District.
Sibal had told a public meeting yesterday: "I ask this question, if a poor child does not have any means for education, then how will Lokpal Bill help? If a poor man needs help for medical services, then he will call up a politician. How will Lokpal Bill help."
Asked about Hazare's demand, Sibal told reporters today that he was with the Gandhian and that he wanted the Bill to be drafted as early as possible and to be effective in tackling corruption everywhere.
Clarifying his earlier remarks, he said what he had meant was that "the scope of the Bill is different. The problems of the common man are different."
"I said that if you want to educate children, then this has no connection to Lokpal. If there is no convenience of water...Lokpal is only connected to corruption and we will bring a good bill that will stop corruption."
He said they would sit with Hazare and bring out a bill so that the objective will be realised. (ANI)
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