By IANS,
New Delhi: In less than a week’s time, reformer Anna Hazare Monday again threatened the government with an agitation if the anti-graft Lokpal bill was not framed properly.
“If the Lokpal is not framed properly I will have no option left but to agitate again,” Hazare told a news channel Monday.
Hazare had June 16 said that the government’s non-serious approach towards formulating a strong Lokpal bill may force him to revive his agitation that he had started at Jantar Mantar in April.
“The government and the civil society members would be presenting their respective versions of the bill tomorrow (Tuesday) before the cabinet and Its upto the cabinet to accept both drafts,” he added.
Hazare, along with other civil society activists, Monday met the government-appointed members of the Lokpal bill drafting committee and termed the meeting as “good”.
However, differences between Team Anna and the government widened further as both sides stuck to their stand on key issues, including on bringing the prime minister within the ambit of the Lokpal bill, even as new areas of disagreement emerged.