Congress launches campaign against Hazare, Ramdev
The Congress launched a campaign to counter the anti-graft movement by Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev and accused a section of civil society of trying to weaken democratic institutions."The Constitution has given the power to legislate only to Parliament and the state Assemblies. If 5,000 or 6,000 people dictate from outside what the Parliament ought to do, this will weaken democracy," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told a press conference.Mukherjee, who released a document in English containing his party's views on the issue, said the Congress was launching an awareness campaign all over the country."The documents will be made available in other languages.Debates, discussions and seminars would be organised right from the district to the block levels to put forth our views," he said.
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