As activist Anna Hazare is set to hold a two-day protest beginning Monday against the land Ordinance passed by the Centre, he, on Sunday, also said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi can join the movement but they will not share the stage with him. Even as he termed the Bill as “anti-farmers”, Hazare said the leaders will have to sit among the common workers during the protest.
The 77-year-old Gandhian also said that he has spoken to Kejriwal on phone and he will meet him on Monday to discuss the next course of action. “This Ordinance is against the farmers. In an agriculturally-dominated nation, when there is torture on the farmers then all the people should stand united. So we want that any Opposition party or be it Kejriwal, all the workers should work together to take this agitation forward,” he said.
Hazare also said that the Delhi Chief Minister has expressed his desire to join the agitation. “I told him that workers should not come on the stage, they can join the agitation. We will talk on this in detail as I am meeting him on Monday. We will talk and figure out the next plan of action,” he said.
Asked about Congress wanting to support his movement, the anti-corruption activist said that political parties manipulate such situations against each other and if the Congress vice-president wants to join the agitation, he can come and sit among the public.
“If a CM wants to come and be a part of our protest, he can. This Ordinance is against the farmers and in favour of the corporates. It seems to be achchhe din only for the corporates,” he said. Hazare, along with farmers’ bodies, will hold a two-day protest against the Ordinance at Jantar Mantar when the Budget Session of Parliament starts.