"I have not touched even Rs 5 until now, so where does the question of keeping accounts come from? I am a pauper (fakir). If the court asks me about where the money has gone, I will tell the court to investigate the matter," said the social activist while reacting to allegations that Rs 3 crore collected during the Jan Lokpal Bill agitation was being misused. A PIL in this matter is pending in the Supreme Court.
"I have always maintained transparency in my life and I always preached others to do the same. I have always stayed away from money", Hazare said.
Responding to a question at the Agenda Aaj Tak Conclave on the money collected amounting over Rs 3 crore in his name during the Jan Lokpal Bill agitation, Hazare said "I wrote a letter to those who were collecting money in my name. I asked them why did they use my name to collect cash? If they wanted to collect money, they could have used their name and not mine."
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