3:17 pm: Hazare: I sent the letter to Arvind (Kejriwal) also, but did not get reply. So there is no question of extending support to his party.
3:14 pm: Hazare (replying to questions): I will extend support to all candidates of Did, and even go out for campaign.
3:11 pm: Hazare: Whichever party comes to power, we need to build and exert people's power on government. We want to promote honest people in politics and governance. We will try to build an organisation and by 2019, we will change the face of the country.
3:09 pm: Hazare: Nor have I supported any political party, nor will I support any party after the elections. Didi has struggled throughout her life. She has so many physical injuries, yet she is struggling for the nation. Human being do make errors. Nobody is infallible, but some people are there, who do not see much good work done by an individual, but concentrate on criticising for small mistakes.
3:07 pm: Hazare: Yesterday Didi said I am poor, my party is poor. Even Arvind's party is poor. Yet there are 543 Lok Sabha seats. But I think, if not more, if we win 100 seats, we will change the face of India. I want to change society and the nation. I am noticing the people of India are yearning for change.
3:06 pm: Hazare: Didi is working towards changing the system in West Bengal. I know if I support Didi, some people will make criticisms. People throw stones at only those trees which bear fruits. We are ready to face criticisms.
3:05 pm: Hazare: Taxation policy which is robbing people must be changed. I am happy that Mamata Didi has agreed to these demands, that's why I have decided to extend her support. Everybody is speaking of change in power, not change in system.
3:02 pm: Hazare: My points include eradication of communalism through law. Education policy needs to be changed. Black money stashed in offshore bank accounts must be brought back. A strong law against adulteration to provide for life imprisonment. A new law for use of national resources and exploitation of mineral wealth.
3:01 pm: Hazare: Major amendments must be made in electoral law to prevent criminals into poltiics. Also the inclusion of Right to Reject and Right to Recall in electoral law must be made. In India, rivers are being sold, water bodies are being sold, this will lead to eco-destruction.
3 pm: Hazare: My points include giving priority to infrastructure, every village getting its own power station. People are asking whether Didi, if she comes to power, will have the magic wand in her hand? This is not empty rhetoric. I have implemented this on the ground in our village.
2:59 pm: Hazare: We should focus on agriculture. Big companies are coming to India, and agricultural fields are being grabbed. Police resorts to lathicharge and firing to acquire land of farmers. Development of villages must be given priority. A Land Acquisition law must be brought so that nobody can acquire farmers' land forcibly.
2:56: Hazare: The points include setting up of Lokpal and Lokayukta to eradicate corruption, transparency in governance, a citizen's charter and whistleblower's law. All files relating to governance shall be made public after two years. The nation's planning should be made with village as the unit. Parties are speaking about market economics. Markets cannot transform the nation. Village must be made the administrative unit.
2:54 : Hazare: As a chief minister she could have spent her life ostentatiously. But she lives in a small room, without bungalow, without car, without money. In India, the society cannot be served with sacrifice. That is why I have supported her. For the bright future of society and nation, I had listed out the 17 points which can change the face of India. Four months ago, I sent these points in letters to all political parties, but only Mamata Didi replied to that letter saying she was ready to accept all the 17 points. She also wrote, you are talking of 17 points, several of those points we have already adopted, and we are ready to adopt the remaining points.
2:52 pm: I have not lent my support to Mamataji as an individual or a party. I am supporting her ideas and ideology . I am supporting her views about India. I have spent my life for the service of country. I have always thought about the betterment of the country. Didi is the first person I found who is thinking about the country.
