Author: IANS
Publication: The Times of India
Date: August 28, 2011
URL: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-28/india/29938095_1_common-man-ramlila-ground-lokpal-bill
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hailed
the triumph of the common man and the maturity of parliamentary democracy
and said contemporary developments will usher in progress for the nation.
"Today what we are seeing at Ramlila
is a new sense of acknowledgment for the common man," BJP spokesperson
Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday. "Ultimately it will usher in a new
era of rapid progress."
Anna Hazare, 74, ended 13 days of fasting
at the Ramlila ground Sunday after reassurance from parliament and the government
that the three key demands of his anti-graft group would be incorporated in
the proposed Lokpal bill.
He further said: "Yesterday what we saw
was the best element of parliament and the nation will be really happy with
the level of debate and sincerity of purpose. This the beauty of democracy."
The BJP spokesperson said the protest at
Ramlila ground was not a middle-class movement, as perceived, but a mass movement
with many coming from villages to participate.
