Mumbai: Alleging there are 16 "corrupt" ministers in the Union Cabinet, key Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the fight against such politicians will be revived soon by exposing them.
"There are 16 corrupt ministers in the Union cabinet. We plan to hold a few press conferences in the last week of this month to expose these ministers," Kejriwal said.
He was addressing over 300 members of India Against Corruption (IAC) at Billawar Association Auditorium in suburban Santacruz on Friday. Kejriwal also said that Anna Hazare's next course of action over the Lokpal Bill would be decided once the Parliament's Budget Session concludes.
Blaming the media for the anti-corruption campaign gradually losing steam, he said in the race for TRP ratings, the media had initially covered Anna's agitation, but later "tried to kill the movement".
"Immediately after the agitation, Team Anna was targeted and was given anti-publicity. A fake CD related to Prashant Bhushan was run and that too without proper verification. Kiran Bedi and I were also criticised over a few issues," he said.
He added that there are some good people in journalism, but they were also "influenced". "Every week, the editors were called and meetings were held, where the government advises the media-people as what is to be done, which is later followed by the media," he alleged.
Kejriwal also said that there is a need to strengthen the network of people to put up an aggressive fight over the Lokpal Bill.
"There is a need to strengthen the network among Anna supporters. An Anna sms card has started sometime back. Supporters buying the card, would be kept informed about Anna's movement, which ensures that the anger against corruption continues to fire up in the minds of the activists," he said.
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