Making it clear that there will be no let-up in his crusade against corruption, Anna Hazare on Sunday asked people not to vote for MPs who have opposed the Jan Lokpal Bill in the next general elections and "gherao" their houses even as he announced to undertake a nationwide yatra including states where assembly polls are due.
"Watch the MPs on television and note those, who have opposed the Jan Lokpal bill in Parliament, and later 'gherao' their houses chanting bhajans in a non-violent protest," he said at the end of the two-day meeting of the core committee of his anti-corruption movement, the first since he called off his 12-day fast at Delhi's Ramlila Ground on August 28.
"People should stage a sit-in in front of their houses and chant Raghupati Raghav Rajaram," he said adding he would campaign against MPs opposing the Jan Lokpal Bill in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Resolving to intensify his fight to ensure passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill, the 74-year-old anti-corruption crusader said he would embark next month on a nation-wide tour for the cause.
"I will tour constituencies where the MPs, who have opposed the Jan Lokpal Bill, will seek re-election and urge people not to vote for them," he said.
"The government Lokpal Bill is fraudulent. Corruption will only increase if a legislation is passed based on Government's draft," he said.
Hazare said he would prefer to travel by train rather than plane so that he can interact with the general public. "A plane takes you from one place and lands within a short time at another place. There is no interaction with common people during this kind of travel. I'll also travel by plane, there will not be any difference between me and the ministers," he said
Briefing the media after the core committee meeting, Kejriwal said Anna Hazare would also take out a 'yatra' in the states, where the next assembly elections are due and people would be informed about the stand taken by various parties on the issue of Jan Lokpal bill, leaving it to their discretion as to for whom they should vote.
"We will tell people about the stand taken by political parties on the Jan Lokpal bill without supporting any particular political party. Let the voters make their choice in the elections," he said making it clear that the anti-corruption movement would not be supporting any candidates during their campaign to inform the people.
Kejriwal strongly refuted the charge made by Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh that he and some other members of the movement had a link with the RSS, which had arranged for refreshments for agitators on Ramlila Maidan.
"Singh is haunted by the ghost of RSS but we are not afraid of RSS," he quipped.
Kejriwal told reporters that in order to remove any possible misunderstanding in the minds of people, the core group of the movement would initiate legal proceedings against certain publications carrying articles alleging a nexus between its members and RSS.
"We will send a defamation notice seeking their apology," Prashant Bhushan, a member of core committee added.
Kejriwal said, in view of the allegations of corruption being made against Hazare and his team, the cre group has decided to constitute a 3-member committee of three retired high court or supreme court judges, who would investigate any such charges.
"These judges will be of impeccable integrity," Bhushan added. Bhushan also appealed to the people to verify credentials of those, who are collecting donations using the name of Anna Hazare or India against Corruption.
As part of its efforts to ensure transparency, the core group members would put up a list of their assets on website and all audited accounts by October 15, Kejariwal said.
