Anti-corruption Indian campaigner Anna Hazare’s fast demanding a strong Lokpal entered the fifth day on Saturday with his team said that they were ready to talk to the government but no such communication channels have been opened.
Hazare came to the podium at around Saturday morning as supporters started pouring in Ramlila Maidan where he launched his protest on Friday after coming out of Tihar Jail.
The 73-year-old anti-corruption crusader alleged the funds in government treasuries were being threatened not by thieves but from those guard it and the country is being threatened by these traitors.
“Why should we fight? The funds in government treasuries are ours. The treasuries are not threatened by thieves but by those who guard it. The country is not betrayed by enemies but by these traitors,” the Hazare said.
He said he has lost three-and-half kg in the last four days. “I feel a little weak. But there is nothing to worry about it. The fight will go on till we get a strong Lokpal,” Hazare said in his brief address to the gathering.
His close associates Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia said the team was ready to talk to the government on the issue of Lokpal Bill but no one has approached them.
“We are ready to talk to the government but there is no communication from their side. Where should we go to talk and whom should we talk to?” Kejriwal and Sisodia said.
Hazare had raised the political stakes by giving a deadline to the government to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill by August 30 failing which he would continue his fast “till my last breath”.
