Team Anna member, Mr Santosh Hegde today disapproved Mr Hazare's anti-Congress stance in the Hisar bypolls, saying that campaigning against a political party is not correct.

Speaking to PTI here, the former Supreme Court judge said every political party has “good and honest people” and targeting an outfit as a whole is not correct. He said he is opposed to such an idea (campaigning against a party).

“The (use of) word Congress is wrong according to me. But to campaign against a corrupt person or group of persons (is fine) — not a party....certainly not a party...because every party has good people…honest people,” the former Karnataka Lokayukta said.

Election boycott

Mr Hazare has appealed to the electorate in Hisar not to vote for Congress and other parties who have not given letters assuring their support to Jan Lokpal Bill.

Mr Hegde also expressed the view that Team Anna jumping into the electioneering scene in Hisar would not ipso facto undermine the credibility of the anti-graft movement of Mr Hazare whose agitation has brought the corruption issue to centre-stage.

“I think it would have been better if they had not mentioned a political party's name,” said Mr Hegde, whose report on illegal mining cost Mr B S Yeddyurappa his chief ministerial chair in July.

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