In an apparent reference to veteran social activist Anna Hazare's latest comments, Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid today urged the civil society activists to communicate directly with the Central Government rather through media.

Khurshid requested the media to not create a wedge between the civil society and the government. "My request to you (media) is please don''t create greater distance between civil society and the government. Things will be said. People, who think that they should say something, will say.

"I don't think that we should engage in a dialogue of this kind through the media. Whoever needs to talk, I am sure we have a lot of channels by which we can talk directly. I don''t think we should encourage discord and distancing between civil society and the government," Khurshid said.