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‘Security cover for me is a waste of public money’, says Anna Hazare

‘I had requested the state government to revoke my security. But the government has not responded to my request’, said Anna Hazare

 

PUNE| Social activist Anna Hazare has demanded that the security provided to him by the government be withdrawn. On Friday Hazare wrote a letter to Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray asking to remove his provided security.

He claimed, ‘Security cover for me is a waste of public money’. He also said, ‘Many people had threatened me in the past, but I always ignored them’.

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Hazare letter read as “I had requested the state government to revoke my security. But the government has not responded to my request. In the meantime, I came to know that the government is revoking the security of some people. Therefore I am also requesting you to withdraw my security”.

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