Chief minister Narendra Modi has finally broken his silence in relation to the anti-corruption stir of veteran Gandhian and social activist Anna Hazare.
The tech-savvy CM tweeted late on Tuesday night expressing concern about Anna’s health and also appealed to citizens to take part in prayers organised by the state unit of BJP for Anna's health.
In a tweet at around 11 pm on Tuesday, Modi accused the Congress of using anti-democratic means to wipe out Hazare’s anti-corruption movement:
“Nation is concerned about Anna’s health. Congress talks of democracy and parliament but uses anti-democratic means to wipe out Anna’s movement, he wrote.”
Later, in another tweet on Wednesday afternoon, Modi requested his followers to take part in prayers organised for Anna’s health.
"Maha Arti in villages of Gujarat for Anna's good health & long life by Gujarat BJP. Join Guj when it prays for Anna's health this evening," he tweeted.
Incidentally, this is the first time that Modi has commented about Anna and his campaign ever since the crusader’s arrest and indefinite fast from August 16.
Modi has close to three lakh followers on twitter, and he regularly uses the short messaging site to reach out to the people.
In another tweet around the same time, the CM requested fellow tweeples (which stands for twitter people) to expose each of the undemocratic means used to curb Anna's movement through tweets.
Many of Modi's twitter followers responded to the call and made comments about how the Congress had tried to use force to curb Anna's campaign, but had failed miserably.
Modi, who likes to project himself as incorruptible, had surprisingly remained silent about Anna Hazare and his crusade.
In fact, he had last mentioned about it on August 15 when he accused the Congress of disgusting double standards for calling Anna corrupt while describing A Raja and Sheila Dikshit as non-corrupt.
Interestingly, Anna Hazare, during a visit to Ahmedabad on May 26, had said: "Yahan pe to ghotala hi ghotala hai (here everything smacks of corruption)." There was no reaction to Anna's comments either from Modi or the state government.
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