Not backed by RSS,I said Gujarat BJP govt corrupt:Hazare to Sonia

Anna Hazare on Sunday wrote a letter to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi after senior party members said he was the face of the RSS.

To make his point that he and his movement is apolitical and not aligned to any party, Anna mentioned two points in his letter. One was about his statement against Gujarat BJP government and other was his condition to back Baba Ramdev’s fast that the party leaders and other fractions would not be on stage.

Following are the paras from Anna Hazare’s letter to Sonia Gandhi mentioning Gujarat and Baba Ramdev.

“Our protest of April 5 was not backed by any party. This, the entire country has witnessed. You are also aware of this fact. Given this fact, how right was the allegation that I am a representative face of the BJP and RSS?”

“After this protest, I went to many other states of the country. I also went to Gujarat and said that Gandhiji’s state is now plagued by corruption and the BJP government in Gujarat is responsible for that. If the BJP was indeed backing me, I would not make a statement like that.”

“When I had to back Baba Ramdev’s fast, I kept only one condition—that party leaders and other factions would not be on the stage. “Anna Hazare is the representative face of the BJP and RSS,” is therefore a completely false allegation.”

“If party people and political leaders continue to lie to the people of the country, there will be no scope for development. And leaders are the ones who the people of the country look up to. In such circumstances, to hear that I am linked to the BJP or RSS is unfair. If the Congress has proof of my links with these parties, then they should come out with it.”