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There is only one Mahatma for India, says CPI
Thursday December 22, 2011 08:42:09 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Slamming
Anna Hazare, the Communist Party of India (CPI) Thursday said
India has one Mahatma -- Mahatma Gandhi -- and it is wrong to say
there is only one single crusader against corruption in the
country.
"I appeal to the Congress party and to the government that under
no circumstances the sovereignty of parliament should be
surrendered. It should not do anything under duress," CPI leader
Gurudas Dasgupta said after the government introduced the Lokpal
bill in the Lok Sabha.
Referring to the impending phase of Hazare agitation, Dasgupta
asked: "Is it that we are not fighting corruption on our own and
we are doing it because somebody else is threatening?"
"The Lokpal bill is being sought to be introduced in unusual
haste," he said.
"There is only one father of the nation - Mahatma Gandhi. Let no
one pretend or let us not allow anybody pretend to be a single
crusader against corruption."
"Therefore, there is not a single crusader against corruption.
Please don't be afraid of an individual, please don't be afraid of
another phase of hunger strike. Don't surrender the sovereignty of
parliament," he added.
Dasgupta added that Hazare was not the only one who fought against
corruption, a number of parliamentarians have raised questions on
corruption.
"We fought against corruption. The parties like BJP (Bharatiya
Janata Party), Congress, we (CPI-M) also fought corruption,"
Dasgupta added.
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