Team Anna on Saturday (May 26, 2012) charged 15 UPA ministers with corruption charges. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee for first time in corruption cases.
In a letter to PM signed by Anna, Kiran Bedi, Shanti Bhushan and Manish Sisodia , Team Anna demanded the government set up an independent special investigation team by July 24.
Kejriwal said all documents in support of the charges had been submitted to the PM, who has also been asked to order a probe into allegations against Hazare’s aides. The letter has also been signed by Kiran Bedi, Shanti Bhushan and Manish Sisodia.
Team Anna cited portions of a draft the CAG’s report to bring charges against Singh when coal ministry was with him. They had never made allegations against the Prime Minister before.
Team Anna cited portions of a draft the CAG’s report to bring charges against Singh when coal ministry was with him. They had never made allegations against the Prime Minister before.
Team Anna also threatened that it would begin an indefinite fast from the next day if the government failed to meet the deadline set of initiating the probe.
“We will now wait till July 24 to see what the government does. What we have demanded is only an independent probe into the allegations,” said Hazare associate Arvind Kejriwal.
However,Congress party dismissed team Anna’s charges, saying such unsubstantiated allegations did not deserve a response.
External affairs minister SM Krishna has already confirmed that he will file a defamation suit against team Anna. Team Anna said it was prepared to face any legal action the government and ruling party might want to take.
Names in charge sheet
Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee ,SM Krishna, P Chidambaram, Sharad Pawar, Kamal Nath, Praful Patel, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Virbhadra Singh, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid, GK Vasan, Farooq Abdullah, M Alagiri and Sushil Kumar S.
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