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Press Council chairman Justice Markandey Katju said on Saturday that social activist Anna Hazare lacks scientific ideas needed to fight corruption.
I regard Anna Hazare as an honest man,there is no dispute in that. But what are his scientific ideas? I dont think he has any scientific ideas, he said,while addressing a function here.
You cannot fight corruption by shouting Bharat Mata ki Jai and Inquilab Zindabad. What will happen with shouting? People shouted here for 10-15 days and then went home… what is the rationale of thinking of Anna Hazare? I could not find any scientific ideas. These shoutings will not do anything. You have to have a scientific solution, he said.
Justice Katju also flayed Hazare for his approach to dealing with issues like alcoholism.
You say you can stop alcoholism by tying a man to a tree and beating him. Is this a solution to alcoholism? he said. To abolish alcoholism,you have to raise the standard of their living. You have to reduce their miseries, Katju added.
