I don't need a Team Anna certificate in fighting corruption: Nitish Kumar

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday hit out at Team Anna for criticizing his Lokayukta Bill as being ‘weak and ineffective’. Reacting to Team Anna’s charge that the state government’s Lokayukta Bill fell far short of assurances that Kumar gave to them, the Bihar chief minister said he made no commitment to anyone. He was also critical of the civil society faction for playing jury on the issue of corruption. “It would be better if people stayed within their limits,” Kumar told Times of India. [caption id=“attachment_128644” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday hit out at Team Anna for criticizing his Lokayukta Bill as being ‘weak and ineffective’. Reuters”]  [/caption] “Bihar government’s proposed Lokayukta Bill is a copy of the much-criticised Centre’s draft against which Anna sat on a fast,” Kejriwal had said on Wednesday. Kiran Bedi echoed his voice saying that the proposed Lokayukta Bill of Bihar was a “replica” of the Centre’s Lokpal against which they had all agitated. The draft Lokayukta says that it needs permission from the government to investigate and prosecute any government officer. It also says that the corrupt officers will also  get free legal assistance provided by the governement. Kejriwal complained that “These are the same provisions that were there in central government’s draft Lokpal Bill and Anna sat on a fast against these provisions.” “Arvind Kejriwal should practice restrain while passing comments against any one. Kejriwal and his team have got into the habit of giving passing remarks against any one. I don’t need any certificate from anyone,” said Nitish Kumar reported IBNLive. Kumar, who is credited with bringing Bihar’s economy back on track and restoring the rule of law in the state, made the statement while reacting to Team Anna members Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi’s tweets that Bihar’s Lokayukta Draft Bill was no different than Congress-led United Progressive Alliance’s proposed Lokpal Bill which prompted Anna Hazare to go on hunger strike, said IBNLive.