Door not closed for dialogue with govt: Hazare

New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) Activist Anna Hazare on Sunday
said his campaign has not closed the door of dialogue with
government, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated
it was open for discussion.
"We have not closed the door of dialogue. We have kept it
open. Only through dialogue the issues can be resolved," he
told his supporters at Ramlila Ground on sixth day of his
fast.
His close associates referred to the Prime Minister's
readiness to discuss the issue and said so far no proposal has
come from the government.
"With whom and where should we discuss what," Arvind
Kejriwal, a key aide of Hazare, said announcing the five
decisions taken at the core committee meeting of 'India
Against Corruption' this morning.
Both Hazare and Kejriwal also asked their supporters to
hold dharnas in front of houses of MPs in their constituencies
and demand written commitments in support of the Jan Lokpal
Bill.
"The dharna should also cover Ministers and leaders of
various political parties," they said.

Kejriwal said a 'maha rally' will be held on Sunday from
India Gate to Ramlila Maidan in support of 73-year-old
Hazare's movement and on the following day, the Ramzan and
Janmashtami fast will be broken together at the ground in
solidarity with the Gandhian's campaign.
The Prime Minister had said on Saturday that there was "a
lot of scope for give and take" and that the government was
open to "discussion and dialogue".
Making it clear that he will not budge from his stand of
getting the Jan Lokpal Bill passed in Parliament, Hazare said
even if the Prime Minister is covered, he will not end his
campaign.
"Even if the Prime Minister is covered, the Jan Lokpal
Bill has to be passed. Till Jan Lokpal Bill is passed, we will
not go back on our mission," the Gandhian said.
Taking a jibe at the critics of his movement, Hazare
said, "People's parliament is higher than the national
Parliament.
"We send MPs as trustees of the treasury but they go
there and start looting peoples' money. But now people who are
the masters have awakened. Now we have to send several of
these corrupt ministers out of power and to jails," he said.

"The Prime Minister had said that the government is open
for dialogue but till now we have not received any
communication from the government," Kejriwal said.
Hazare lauded the fact that people from all faiths and
creeds have come to support him. He also praised the media's
role in highlighting the issue.
"The media has driven the movement to every home and the
public has risen in protest," he said, with a word of praise
for the protesters for keeping the movement peaceful which he
called "unprecedented".
He was all praise for the youth who have joined the
anti-corruption movement and expressed confidence that with
the youth power, the "revolution" will be able to demolish
corruption through the enactment of a strong Lokpal.
Hazare came to the podium at around 10 AM as supporters
started pouring into Ramlila Maidan where he launched his
protest on Friday after coming out of Tihar Jail.
After reaching the podium, Hazare "thanked" people for
extending whole-hearted support to his campaign against
corruption.
"I thank all of you for coming here and supporting the
movement," the anti-corruption crusader said in a brief
comment.