BJP latches on to Hazare's campaign
TNN | Apr 8, 2011, 01.52am IST
NEW DELHI: Opposition BJP sees an opportunity in social activist Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption and has been quick to join the issue and support Hazare.
With Hazare's hunger strike into its third day now, top BJP leaders including party chief Nitin Gadkari and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi have spoken out in favour of Hazare and his demands on the Lokpal Bill.
As Hazare has tried keeping the campaign apolitical, and even disallowed political leaders like O P Chautala and Uma Bharati to join him on Wednesday, BJP has come out in his support with the hope that it will strengthen its own campaign against the UPA.
Speaking in Chennai on Thursday, Gadkari described Hazare's demand for a strong Lokpal Bill as "reasonably correct" and expressed "sympathy" for the fasting campaigner. "The UPA has to understand the unrest against corruption in the country," Gadkari said.
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