Expressing doubt about the government’s intention in tackling corruption, Anna Hazare has asked the people of the country to take to the streets on August 16.
Team Anna has decided to distribute a four-page pamphlet in the next couple of weeks throughout the country, urging people to show solidarity with Hazare if they want a strong Lokpal by coming out on the streets.
“In the battle against corruption, if we miss this chance, we don’t know when the next one will come?” Hazare has said in the pamphlet. “My associates and I are ready to sacrifice everything.”
The veteran Gandhian has said that he would not flee if the government uses lathis or fires bullets at them in an effort to stop the agitation.
“Every person will be a Anna Hazare. They can arrest one Anna Hazare but will they be able to arrest 120 crore Anna Hazares? They can impose section 144 at Jantar Mantar but can they impose it across the country? I must tell you that the police and army support our movement.”
Hazare has recounted how traffic policemen encouraged them on June 8, the day Team Anna went on a token fast at Rajghat. “Will you take a day off and come out on the streets on August 16?” he has asked. “This time the country would wait for August 16 and not 15.”
He said that his team did not want a change in the government but a changein the system. “We want an India free of corruption,” he said.
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