Unable to digest the fact that Anna Hazare has caught popular imagination, Congress suspects a "foreign" hand behind Anna's anti-graft movement. Congress while nit picking from the US' statement that India should exercise "appropriate democratic restraint" in dealing with peaceful protest has asked the government to inquire how a "lone" civil rights activist is drawing support.
"US never supported any movement in India since its independence. For the first time, the US said that Anna Hazare's movement should be allowed and there should be no obstruction to it. What was the need for the US to give this statement?
"It needs to be considered whether there is any power which is supporting this movement which wants to destabilise not only the government but the country. We need to take the statement of the US seriously," party spokesperson Rashid Alvi said.
Asked whether it is the official position of the party, Alvi replied, "all that I have said I have said on behalf of my party."
Asked whether Congress has made preliminary inquiries before making this allegation, he said "government should inquire about it and find out the truth".
Alvi at the same time said "there are some forces also within the country (that are supporting Hazare's agitation from behind), which needs to be found out....I am not criticising the US or any other country. But we will have to find out the truth, why US is supporting this movement?"
"Anna is alone. Anna has no organization but only a few friends standing by him. The big question is how this movement came into existence? How people in such a large number come out to support him?" he asked.
The US State Department spokesperson Victorial Nuland had hoped that India would exercise "appropriate democratic restraint" in the way it deals with peaceful protest.
India had termed the statement as "needless".
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