Agra: Digvijaya Singh has evoked another controversy claiming that he had heard that BJP has told Anna Hazare to nominate him the all-party candidate for the 2012 President’s election.”
Singh remarks came after Team Anna launched a blistering attack on the Congress ahead of the October 13 Lok Sabha by-poll in Hisar, asking voters to inflict a “historic defeat” on the party for not bringing the Jan Lokpal Bill.
“I don’t know how far it is true, but I have heard that BJP has told Anna Hazare that he could be the all-party candidate for the 2012 President’s election. It is for Anna Hazare to tell us if anything like this has been proposed to him since he always says that he is not a political person,” Digvijaya Singh said.
Lashing out at Team Anna for asking people to vote against Congress, the party General Secretary had earlier said, “If Anna Hazare wants to get into politics, he should form his own party”.
Singh also referred to an RSS statement claiming that it was part of Hazare’s movement. “If Anna Hazare demanded that I should be sent to a mental asylum when I alleged the RSS hand…now that RSS itself is saying that they supported Anna Hazare…then now Anna should also accompany me to the mental asylum. Check-ups should be done on both of us.”
Gandhian activist Anna had dismissed the RSS claim saying, “Nobody approached me. Not a single RSS worker met me or approached me. How are they saying this? I don’t know.” Urging voters to inflict “historic defeat” on Congress in Hisar, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said yesterday that Anna has sat on a fast for the Jan Lokpal Bill twice, but the Congress-led UPA government was yet to bring it in Indian parliament.
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