Anna effect: Goa ministers asked to observe 'bribe free day'

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August 18, 2011 / IANS, Panaji / DC.

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'If they cannot be non corrupt forever, we have asked every cabinet minister in Goa to at least observe one bribe free day to show their support for Anna Hazare.'

Members of a civil society group in Goa have asked ministers in the Congress-led coalition government to observe on Thursday as a 'bribe free day' in support of veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare.

Tired of the many scandals tumbling out of the Goa cabinet's closet and inspired by Hazare's crusade against corruption, the Village Groups of Goa (VGG), an umbrella group of several vigilante civil society organisations, said the ‘moral spin offs’ of the civil society leader's fight had reached the state.

"If they cannot be non corrupt forever, we have asked every cabinet minister in Goa to at least observe one bribe free day to show their support for Anna Hazare," John Pereira, VGG convenor, said.

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