IANS/New Delhi
The time has come to dismiss parliament, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said yesterday while announcing a nationwide tour against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and graft.
“I will start a nationwide tour against government and corruption from January 30 from Patna district of Bihar,” Hazare told reporters here.
“Our movement against corruption will continue for the next 25 years,” he said.
“I am waiting for 2014 elections, if the Jan Lokpal does not come in parliament, I will go for another agitation,” Hazare said.
His new office of the movement will be inaugurated on January 12, the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand, at Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra. On the same day, he will call 1,000 youths across the nation and take an oath to strengthen the movement.
Hazare’s tour will seek to awaken the people against the government and corruption.
“The time has come to dismiss the parliament. People sitting in parliament are allowing foreign countries to come to the Indian market,” he said.
The parliamentarians are not following the constitution. They are dividing the people in the name of elections, Hazare said.
About his team, he said the core committee is yet to be finalised and he has 90 people in the selection list.
Hazare was discharged on Monday from the Medanta Medicity Hospital in Delhi’s suburban Gurgaon in neighbouring Haryana, where he was admitted after he complained of acidity and stress.
The social activist also said that former colleague and Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal was “dreaming” if he thought Hazare would support him.
“If he thinks, I’ll support him, he is dreaming,” Hazare said.
He added that he never asks anyone to vote for a particular person or a party as he was not interested in politics.
“My stand on Kejriwal changed with time. I will say why when the time comes. If I say anything now, it will create more trouble.”
Hazare had earlier said he would support Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party if it fielded honest candidates. However, last week Hazare said Kejriwal had become “greedy” for power and he would not vote for him.