New Delhi, April 22: Noted filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and eminent historian K N Panikkar today raised questions on Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement, accusing him of adopting an “authoritarian” approach in selecting civil society members in the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill.
They also took exception to Hazare’s praise for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as one cannot ignore the menace of “communal corruption” and said the anti-graft legislation proposed by his group was “flawed” as it gives overriding powers to a group of people.
“Methods adopted by Hazare to press his demand has an element of coercion, as he has left no room for discussion, debate and exchange of views. There is no true representation of civil society in the Joint Committee. He has adopted an authoritarian approach,” Bhatt told a joint press conference here.
———PTi