NEW DELHI: India's Parliament will on Tuesday debate a contempt notice against a group of anti-corruption crusaders who have said that the top lawmaking body in the country had several criminals in it. The resolution was moved by an opposition MP from the Janata Dal (United) Sharad Yadav who said that the ‘Team Anna' members were using abusive language against parliamentarians, who are insulated from criticism thanks to a doctrine of privilege accorded to the elected lawmakers. “They are taking the parliament for granted. They cannot use language like this against us,” Yadav said. Members of ‘Team Anna', a popular sobriquet given to a group of anti-corruption crusaders led by a 72-year old Gandhian leader Anna Hazare. The group, which consists of retired bureaucrats, police officials and civil society activists have virtually held the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ransom for its inability to fight large scale corruption in the country. Arvind Kejriwal, who resigned from a prestigious national civil service position to join the civil activism movement in India, had said that the Indian people were losing faith in the Indian parliament. “There is an issue of serious credibility. What does one understand when our parliament has 162 MP who have criminal records? There is a credibility issue here,” Kejriwal had said. The Indian parliament is expected to discuss the contempt resolution later today afternoon, even as the anti-corruption crusaders have refused to apologize for their comments. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/2sIEP Tags: Corruption, featured, Hazare, India, Team Anna Section: Latest News, South Asia
