The Anti-Anna Celebrities
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 03 September 2011, 02:22 IST
. Booker awardees and political activist Arundhati Roy slammed Hazare's proposed Jan Lokpal Bill as "draconian", claiming that it would create two oligarchies, instead of just one with its powers to police everybody from the prime minister to the lowest government official.
Speaking about his means may be Gandhian, Anna Hazare's demands are certainly not, Roy said
The props and the choreography, the aggressive nationalism and flag waving of Anna's Revolution are all borrowed, from the anti-reservation protests, the world-cup victory parade, and the celebration of the nuclear tests.They signal to us that if we do not support the fast, we are not true Indians. The 24-hour news channels have decided that there is no other news in the country worth reporting, she said.
Besides activists there are politicians who expressed anger and disagreement towards Lokpal bill.