Hazare must cut ties with Naxals in his team for support:Swamy

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Press Trust of India Satna (MP)
Last Updated : Jan 25 2013 | 4:04 AM IST

"Although I am with Baba Ramdev, I could not back Hazare as there are Naxalites in his team. In case, he wants my support, he must sever ties with them," Swamy told reporters here.

He also said that he did not agree with Hazare's demand that the Lokpal Bill should be brought first.

"Corruption would not finish even if Lokpal Bill becomes a reality," he said.

Swamy said it was not right on part of Hazare to insist that only what he was saying was apt and nothing else is correct.

On the clean chit given to Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G scam by the Supreme Court, Swamy said he would file a review petition against the judgement but would not like to comment on it further.

Swamy clarified that he had never said that Chidambaram had taken any bribe in the 2G case but maintained that he caused loss to the nation. (More)

  

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First Published: Aug 25 2012 | 2:35 PM IST

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