In his own kind of Gandhian humor, the crusader of Lok Pal Bill against corruption, Anna Hazare made the union minister and also a member in the joint drafting committee, Kapil Sibal to eat his own words. While speaking in a public meeting, Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, referring to proposed Lok Pal Bill said "I ask this question, if a poor child does not have any means for education, then how will Lokpal Bill help? If a poor man needs help for medical services then he will call up a politician. How will Lokpal Bill help." Reacting sharply on the remarks of the minister, Anna Hazare asked said The HRD minister should immediately resign from the joint committee to draft Lok Pal Bill, if he thinks that nothing will happen out of this Lok Pal institution.

The Gandhian Anna Hazare said "If Sibal feels that nothing will happen due to Lok Pal Bill, then he should immediately resign from the joint committee. Why is he wasting our time and his time? He should do other things for the country. Why does he want to be in the committee. If you believe that nothing will happen, you should not be there in the joint committee, he should resign and do some other work."
However, Sibal today gave clarification that he was with the Gandhian and that he wanted the Bill to be drafted as early as possible and to be effective in tackling corruption everywhere. Clarifying his earlier remarks, he said what he had meant was that "the scope of the Bill is different. The problems of the common man are different. I said that if you want to educate children, then this has no connection to Lokpal. If there is no convenience of water...Lokpal is only connected to corruption and we will bring a good bill that will stop corruption." He said they would sit with Hazare and bring out a bill so that the objective will be realized.