I don't want to become prime minister: Anna Hazare

Gandhian Anna Hazare, whose hunger strike forced the government to set up a joint committee with civil society activists to draft the Lokpal Bill, today said he was not interested in politics and did not not want to become prime minister.

"If I enter politics and become the prime minister tomorrow, I won't be able to do what I can do today," the 73-year-old Gandhian told CNN-IBN.

He was replying to a question whether he will accept if all "honest and good MPs" select him as the prime minister.

"What you can do from outside, you cannot do being part of the system (government)...I never thought of joining politics. Even if I join and contest any election, I may lose deposit because I don't have huge money-power and also the public is now aware enough," he said.

When asked what role he sees for the new generation in this movement against corruption, Hazare said youth was the biggest support of his movement and they can create magic.

"If the youth of the country wakes up, I hope corruption will be wiped out from its roots," he said.