New Delhi, January 18: Congress on Wednesday targeted Anna Hazare questioning his “silence” on the Gujarat High Court verdict on Lokayukta and the alleged corruption in the Narendra Modi-ruled state.
“We are happy that Lokayukta is coming to Gujarat after 11 years. But we are also surprised that Anna fails to see corruption in Gujarat. Anna had praised Narendra Modi. Now everything is becoming clear.
“Modi, who is the hero of BJP, himself wants to cover up corruption and hence did not allow the setting up of a Lokayukta in the state,” Digvijay Singh said in Lucknow.
He chose the occasion to repeat his allegation that Anna, Baba Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravishankar are working at the behest of BJP and RSS.
“They fail to see corruption in the BJP-ruled states. They see it only in Congress-ruled ones,” he said.
Singh, who is the AICC general secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, said Team Anna has also not spoken a single word against “corruption” in Mayawati-ruled UP.
AICC in-charge for Gujarat Mohan Prakash, without naming Anna or his team said, “those who have been speaking in favour of setting up of Lokpal and Lokayukta have remained silent so far on the controversy regarding the Gujarat Lokayukta”.
—-PTI—