We are not responsible if oppn is benefited: Kejriwal

Hisar (Haryana), Oct 11 (PTI) Maintaining that they are
not campaigning for any party in the Hisar election, Indian
social activist Arvind Kejriwal has said Team Anna should not
be held responsible if their movement in any way benefits the
opposition and dismissed as "absurd" talk of India's
Gandhinian activist Anna Hazare nursing an ambition to become
President.
"We are fighting for systemic changes. We are not
campaigning for anyone or asking voters to vote for a
particular candidate. We are not responsible if opposition is
benefited. It is the Congress which is responsible for this.
"If they make an announcement (about bringing the Jan
Lokpal Bill) today, we will withdraw our entire campaign
against them," he told reporters here on Monday evening.
Besides Kejriwal, who hails from Hisar in north Indian
state of Haryana, other members of Team Anna including Kiran
Bedi and Manish Sisodia addressed public gatherings asking
people to refrain from voting for Congress for its "failure"
to bring their Bill in Parliament.
Reacting to Congress leader Digvijay Singh's remarks
that Hazare wants to become the President, Kejriwal said,
"There is no truth in the claims that Anna wants to become
President of India. This is completely absurd..complete
bunkum".
Kejriwal stressed that people of Hisar should not
confine their choice to just two or three candidates in the
fray, but choose from 39 other non-Congress candidates who are
contesting.
Though it's a triangular contest for the Hisar seat, with
Congress' Jai Prakash, HJC-BJP's Kuldeep Bishnoi and INLD's
Ajay Singh Chautala in the fray, there are other candidates
who are fighting including those from smaller parties and
independents. PTI SUNi