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Jalna, Maharashtra: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare today said he would campaign for 50 independent candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Talking to reporters at Deulgaon-Raja near Jalna, Hazare said he had proposed a 17-point agenda for political parties and these 50 candidates, 12 of them from Maharashtra, had accepted it.[caption id=“attachment_1414515” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Anna Hazare. PTI[/caption] West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, too, had accepted the programme, which is why he was supporting her, he said. Asked if he would support the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, Hazare said that since the party had not accepted the 17-point programme, there was no question of him supporting its candidates. He said that the candidates supported by him, if elected, would support neither Congress nor BJP. Hazare appealed to the people to vote for Balasaheb Darade in Jalna, who is planning to contest as an independent from Jalna Lok Sabha constituency. PTI
Anna Hazare said that the candidates supported by him, if elected, would support neither Congress nor BJP.
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