AAP upset over Anna backing Lokpal Bill

December 16, 2013 11:39

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday rubbished the government's version of lokpal as "weak" and "ineffective" even as social activist Anna Hazare endorsed the revised anti-graft legislation placed before Rajya Sabha.

Kejriwal said he was saddened by Hazare's support for government's Lokpal Bill, and warned that the proposed legislation would not prevent corruption but instead work to "protect the corrupt".
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