Rift with Anna is only difference of opinion: Kejriwal

Terming the rift between him and Anna Hazare as "difference of opinion", Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal today said his "guru" was in his heart though many parties with vested interest had spent crores to create a division between them.
Kejriwal, however, admitted that he had difference of opinion with Hazare over the Lokpal Bill, which he believes is "weak" and would continue his fight for a strong Janlokpal Bill.
The AAP leader said that big forces of several parties, were looking to keep a division between him and Hazare because they believe "If Kejriwal and Hazare join hands then it would be more lethal than an atom bomb."

"All wrong people in every party have spent crores of rupees to keep us apart for their vested interest," Kejriwal told a television channel.
Meanwhile, Hazare while addressing the media before beginning his speech chastised some people standing in front of TV cameras in an apparent attack on Kejriwal and his band of media-savvy supporters.
He said: "The country does not benefit from people who stand before cameras. If I had chosen to stand in front of the cameras, I would not have reached where I have."
Earlier, Hazare had asked a senior AAP leader Gopal Rai to move out of the village when he objected to Gen retd VK Singh had attacked Kejriwal for deserting Hazare.

Asked about these incident, Kejriwal said he revered Hazare as his "Guru" and elder and "he has every right to scold him, even beat him if he does anything wrong.