Raking up a new issue,Anna Hazare today demanded that FIRs be registered against 14 'corrupt' Cabinet ministers of the UPA by August failing which a 'jail bharo' agitation will be launched even as he pushed back the deadline for a strong Lokpal law to 2014. 74-year-old Hazare's new plan was declared at a token fast at Jantar Mantar for a strong whistleblowers bill after his close aide Arvind Kejriwal named 14 Cabinet ministers against corruption charges were levelled. Tell us: Is Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign still valid? "FIRs be registered against the corrupt (Union) ministers by August or there will be 'jail bharo' (fill the jail) agitation across the country. We have to be ready for this. Date will be announced later," Hazare said ending his fast. Kejriwal had took the names of around 25 politicians,including ministers Sharad Pawar,S M Krishna,P Chidambaram,Praful Patel,Kapil Sibal,Kamal Nath,Farooq Abdullah,Ajit Singh,Sri Prakash Jaiswal,Sushil Kumar Shinde,Vilasrao Deshmukh,MK Azhagiri and G K Vasan. Hazare,whose last hunger strike in Mumbai in December-end last year flopped due to low turn-out,also put the government on notice on Lokpal issue. "Bring Jan Lokpal or go out of power in 2014 general elections," Hazare said. "We will show what is the power of Jan Lokpal Bill. I am a fakir (saint). I will show them how much strength a 'fakir' like me has," he said. Team Anna's new game plan was revealed through a series of speeches by Hazare,Kejriwal,Kiran Bedi and Shanti Bhushan towards the end of the fast. Though Hazare and his team targeted government,they appeared soft on opposition. There were mentions of cases against BJP's B S Yeddyurappa and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa by Kejriwal. Earlier in the day,Gujarat ChiefMinister Narendra Modi's name figured while talking about the killing of a whistleblower in his state. Bedi then talked about "getting ready for the fight" during Delhi Assembly polls next year followed by Bhushan who said the government fears passing of a strong Lokpal Bill as they don't want to have their own ministers in jail. In a bid to augment the movement's momentum and gain more support,Hazare also appeared to overlook reservations against Ramdev over his alleged Hindutva links and declared that his supporters will join the yoga guru's protests and vice versa. "We (Ramdev and Hazare) were to have talks on June five and finalise our plans but the government acted in the night. We could not meet. Now we have decided that Ramdev will come on board our agitation. Our supporters will participate in their protest and his supporters in ours," Hazare said. Hazare had disassociated with Ramdev after some Hindutva leaders participated in the yoga guru's protest. One of Ramdev's close aide Jaidev today spoke at the protest during which lashed out at the government. Accusing the Government of lacking political will to bring an effective legislation to contain corruption,Hazare said peoples' power will force the Centre to legislate a strong Lokpal Bill one day. "This government neither has any intention nor does have any political will to bring a strong Lokpal Bill. We will not relent. We will have to keep struggling. I am confident one day they will have to bring the Jan Lokpal Bill," Hazare said. Asking his supporters to keep up the pressure on the Government,he said,"we will have to bring real democracy in the country by ensuring rights of the common people who are supreme and send their representatives to Parliament and state legislatures." "We have to pressurise the government," he said adding people have close the "nose of the government so that its mouth is opened." About land acquisition,Hazare said there should a law which should ensure permission of gram sabha before selling land to anyone. "There should be a law to ensure that permission is given by the gram sabha before selling land to anyone," he said. Before starting his fast,Hazare said many people have sacrificed their lives while fighting corruption and the government has not conducted any probe despite some incidents which happened three years ago. Team Anna eyes Delhi assembly polls After their campaign in recent assembly polls in five states,Team Anna today announced that the Delhi assembly polls due next year will be their fresh target and asked supporters to start preparations for the "crucial election" in the national capital. "The assembly polls will be held in Delhi next year. We have to get ready for the important fight in the country's national capital," key Team Anna member Kiran Bedi said addressing the gathering at Anna Hazare's one-day hunger strike here. The assembly polls in Delhi is slated for November next year. Without taking name of any political party,Bedi said the existing Lokayukta in Delhi was very weak and people will have to vote for a party which commits for a strong and effective Lokpal Bill. "Delhi Lokayukta is not strong. It is very weak. We will have to vote for right people. We will have to vote for a party which supports a strong and effective Lokpal. We should start preparation for the polls," she said. She wondered whether the Congress government in Delhi,it supports enactment of a strong Lokpal law and asked Team Anna supporters to put all the hard work to ensure that right party and candidates win in the polls. Asking the supporters to remain united in the fight against corruption,she told them of the "responsibility to ensuring victory of the right people. "We are responsible for brining criminals to parliament and state legislatures. We must wake up now and vote for the right candidate even if he or she is an Independent. If right people come,then right law will be enacted. "Often they (the MPs and MLAs) challenge us saying 'who are you to question us. People have elected us'. So we must be cautious in electing right people," she said. Shatrughan staunch supporter of Anna Hazare Actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha today said he was a strong supporter of Anna Hazare for his fight against corruption. "I am a staunch supporter and fan of Hazare for his crusade against corruption and his stand for transparency and probity in public life," the BJP MP told reporters. "I had even offered to quit my Lok Sabha seat if it helps in anyway the ongoing campaign for a strong Lokpal Bill," Sinha said. "I was not alone in offering to quit from Lok Sabha on Lokpal Bill as my senior party leader Yashwant Sinha too had publicly aired similar view," he said. Meanwhile,hundreds of Patnaites today took part in a day-long agitation on Lokpal Bill in solidarity with the agitation by Hazare in New Delhi.
