Jayprada strikes a discordant tone

PM should not be brought under Lokpal purview, says Jayaprada

New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): With the government busy in holding hectic consultations to find a way out of the logjam with Team Anna, lawmaker and actress Jayaprada on Tuesday said if the Prime Minister is included in the Lokpal, he will be busy only on that and will not be able to concentrate on matters of national and international importance.
"The thought of civil society I respect it. But coming into the process of Lokpal, you have to respect the lawmakers; you have to respect the Parliament. Without political platform, I don't think one can form the Bills and one can pass the Bills. And if you want to involve the honourable Prime Minister, he will be busy with the Lokpal only," Jayaprada told mediapersons outside the Parliament here.
"He cannot look after our country matter; he cannot look after our international matters to secure the nation. He will be totally busy with the Lokpal and how far is it a comfortable face of the Prime Minister," she added.
Responding to a question on Anna Hazare's crusade against corruption, Jayaprada said: "I respect Anna. Today Anna's health is very important for us. I respect his fight against corruption. At the same time, only five people around Anna are genuine. Those who are elected from the people and by the people are not genuine."
"An agreement has to take under consideration and you must have a faith on the democracy. The temple of Parliament should be respected," she added.
Meanwhile, both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned for the day with the opposition demanding a discussion on the anti-corruption campaign led by Anna Hazare.
Hazare's supporters and the government have earlier said during the weekend they are open to talks, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying there was a 'lot of scope for give and take'.
Moves to open talks come as the Bharatiya Janata Party is organising a nationwide protest against the government on Thursday. (ANI)

I had said earlier that actors would not support Anna. I thought I was proved wrong yesterday when a number of that band expressed solidarity with Anna. Jayaprada, thank God has proved me right. I thought actors had a change of heart. Oh!, I must inform you that Jayaprada has had quite a few tiffs with the income tax department for tax evasion.
However, let just ask Jaya why should they select a prime minister who can charges framed by the Lokpal against him.
We have to make a drastic overhaul in the way our candidates are selected so that such people do not become MPs leave alone occupy the PMs seat. Since actors and actresses are in the habit of evading tax, first of all actors and actresses should not become MPs, whether of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha.
There have been exceptions. Sunil Dutt comes to mind immediately.