Digvijay Singh calls Ramdev a ‘fake ascetic’

Digvijay Singh,however,urged Gandhian Anna Hazare not to go on hunger strike,and stick to democratic means to fight corruption.

Further congratulating Hazare,who turned 74 today,Singh said younger activists should undertake the hunger strikes.

“Very many congratulations to him and I pray to God that he has a long life. But he should stop these agitations and hunger strikes. If the civil society members have to go on a hunger strike,then let the younger people,including Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan sit on hunger strike,instead of you,” he said.

Hazare earlier this month gave the government a deadline of August 15 to agree to their demands for enactment of the proposed Lokpal Bill.

“If the Lokpal Bill is not passed,I will go on fast again from August 16 at Jantar Mantar. If the government does not listen I shall fast till I breathe my last,” he said.

Emphasizing that this is the new independence war against corruption,Hazare said: “In 1947 we just got independence but not real independence so we are striving for new independence.”

He had earlier gone on a five-day-long fast in April till the government conceded the demand for a strong anti-Lokpal Bill.