With Anna Hazare?s fast demanding a strong Lokpal entered the seventh day today, Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid has said that there should be a dialogue between the government and civil society representatives to find out a solution that is mutually acceptable by all sections.
"There should be dialogue between the two sides (government and civil society). A solution that is mutually acceptable by all sections must be found to this row," Khurshid told media here.
"One or two million people protesting and demanding certain things is a serious situation, but one or two million people do not represent the entire population of India. What the country wants is reflected only in the elections," he added.
Khurshid further said: "We have always joined campaigns to bring about positive change in this country.
Earlier, on Saturday, Khurshid told the Economic Times in an interview that India would become a police state if Hazare ?s version of the Lokpal bill is accepted.
Khurshid said that the suggestions made by Hazare and his team for creating a tough anti-corruption institution go "against the federal fabric of our country".
"We cannot accept what is being demanded as the Constitution does not allow us to do so. Accepting those provisions would mean transforming the democratic set up to a police state. The Jan Lokpal Bill calls for officers at every administrative level who?ll carry out investigations and prosecutions. This would lead to creation of a police state. Second, they (Team Anna) want the Lokpal Bill to automatically come into effect at the state and central level," Khurshid had said.
"They wanted death penalty for corruption, which they have now toned down to life imprisonment. Is that what our democracy is all about? They want the judiciary and the prime minister to be under the ambit of the Lokpal. We have suggested a judicial commission for the judiciary," he added.
Hazare earlier warned of an unprecedented revolution in the country if the Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed by August 30.
"If the Government does not get the Jan Lokpal Bill passed by August 30, there would be an unprecedented revolution in the country by the people?. The government will have to either get the Bill passed (in Parliament) or go," he warned on Sunday.
Noting that he has been fighting against corruption for the past 20 years, Hazare said the government has betrayed the citizens of the country on the Lokpal issue, despite constituting a joint committee for the drafting of the Bill.
"They constituted a joint committee after my fast in April. But nothing came out of that meeting despite talking for two months. They betrayed civil society?. The government?s intention to fight corruption is not noble," he added. (ANI)
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