Anna Hazare to Meet Sonia Gandhi
posted on Jun 30, 2011 @ 12:19PM
Social activist Anna Hazare, who heads the civil activists group participating in drafting of the Jan Lokpal bill, is likely to meet the UPA chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. He said that he would meet Sonia Gandhi on Thursday (Today) and will try to pursuade her to include the office of the Prime Minister in the Lokpal Bill.
Anna Hazare is reaching out to all parties to build a consensus on the Lokpal Bill. Yesterday Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has stated in an interview to the press that he doesn't have any objection for his office to be brought under the ambit of Lokpal. Taking cue from this, Anna said "We will meet all parties. We will meet Sonia and tell her if the Prime Minister is saying so, then what is the problem." He added, the incumbent Prime Minister is an honest man. "The Union Cabinet belongs to India, the people in the Cabinet are our people. Then what is the problem in taking the decision? They should be able to take it for the country," Anna questioned.