{"id":13856,"date":"2011-10-18T01:04:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T19:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=13856"},"modified":"2011-10-18T01:04:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T19:34:12","slug":"corruption-allegations-medha-patkar-defends-hazare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/corruption-allegations-medha-patkar-defends-hazare","title":{"rendered":"Corruption allegations: Medha Patkar defends Hazare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rubbishing allegations of corruption against Anna Hazare, activist Medha Patkar Monday said that he was an honest person and ready for an enquiry.<\/p>\n<p>A number of such allegations will come up unless they are proved Everyone knows that Anna is not a corrupt person, said Patkar, founder of the Narmada Bachao Andolan and the National Alliance of People&#8217;s Movements.<\/p>\n<p>The same is true about the earlier enquiry by the Maharashtra government when nothing could come out, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Her statement came after the Supreme Court issued notice to Hazare as well as the central and Maharashtra governments on a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the alleged siphoning of funds given to the anti-corruption activist&#8217;s Hind Swaraj Trust.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure that these allegations will just go away. 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