Rajkot, April 21: Best-selling novelist Chetan Bhagat today praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his developmental work, and social activist Anna Hazare for launching a campaign for Lokpal Bill.
Talking to reporters here, Bhagat termed Hazare as a “youth icon” and said age was immaterial in such cases.
Bhagat said that Hazare was very honest, and had a strong will-power; his campaign for Lokpal Bill certainly inspired the youth.
But he also said that the Lokpal Bill may not be able to eradicate corruption completely.
Bhagat also said that Gujarat should be a role-model for other states.
He said that when agricultural growth rate in the country was hardly around 4 per cent, it was 10 per cent in Gujarat, because of Modi’s “firmness” about development.
Bhagat said youth of the country wanted action and had no interest in political debates and these two leaders “believe in action”.
A few days ago, Bhagat had appealed to Modi to switch to the national stage.
——–PTI