By IANS,
New Delhi : The government’s failure to deal with corruption led to the massive public support for Anna Hazare, forcing the government to accept his demand for a stringent Lokpal Bill, the BJP said Saturday.
“The government has been forced to respond to people’s reaction to a year of scandals,” BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said.
She was reacting to the successful campaign by Gandhian Hazare, who ended five days of hunger strike Saturday.
“It (government’s response) was to people’s reaction to year of scandals and failure to deal with corruption charges. Anna Hazare has been an icon for youths who rallied behind him,” Sitharaman told IANS.
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Nilotpal Basu said the government had been jolted by Hazare.
“The public image of the government has taken a battering. At this point, the focus is entirely on the question of corruption.”