<p>Kiran Bedi’s warped sense of humour had local activists campaigning against corruption squirming in their seats on Tuesday night.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing a public meeting at Merces, Santa Cruz, Bedi told voters it was alright to accept money from those vying for their vote. <br /><br />“If they’re offering you money, put it in your pocket. I hear some of them are giving motorcycles. Take that too,” she said, insisting there is nothing wrong in the voter accepting an inducement, so long as he voted right. <br /><br />The new lot in power might even bring down the price of motorcyles, the former police officer joked.<br /><br />Bedi then added a tinge of histrionics to her roadside act by insisting that the media join her on stage so they could see for themselves how the crowd responded to her. <br />An embarrassed lot of local cameramen and reporters scrambled up, and Bedi proceeded to upbraid them. <br /><br />“You media people haven’t been reporting the kind of overwhelming response we’ve been getting in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. See now for yourself, because seeing is believing,” she said.<br /><br />Turning to the crowd she said those who regretted having brought the present lot of politicians to power in Goa should raise their hand and say sorry. <br /><br />“Don’t vote for them. Take their money but don’t vote for them,” Bedi said in a twisted form of logic at an anti-corruption campaign.<br /><br />Santa Cruz constituency will see a three-cornered contest between Congress minister Babush Monserrate, the MGP’s Dinar Tarcar and independent Rudolph Fernandes. All three candidates have very controversial backgrounds.<br /><br />Team Anna members will address several public meetings in Goa in the run-up to the March 3 poll.<br /></p>
<p>Kiran Bedi’s warped sense of humour had local activists campaigning against corruption squirming in their seats on Tuesday night.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing a public meeting at Merces, Santa Cruz, Bedi told voters it was alright to accept money from those vying for their vote. <br /><br />“If they’re offering you money, put it in your pocket. I hear some of them are giving motorcycles. Take that too,” she said, insisting there is nothing wrong in the voter accepting an inducement, so long as he voted right. <br /><br />The new lot in power might even bring down the price of motorcyles, the former police officer joked.<br /><br />Bedi then added a tinge of histrionics to her roadside act by insisting that the media join her on stage so they could see for themselves how the crowd responded to her. <br />An embarrassed lot of local cameramen and reporters scrambled up, and Bedi proceeded to upbraid them. <br /><br />“You media people haven’t been reporting the kind of overwhelming response we’ve been getting in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. See now for yourself, because seeing is believing,” she said.<br /><br />Turning to the crowd she said those who regretted having brought the present lot of politicians to power in Goa should raise their hand and say sorry. <br /><br />“Don’t vote for them. Take their money but don’t vote for them,” Bedi said in a twisted form of logic at an anti-corruption campaign.<br /><br />Santa Cruz constituency will see a three-cornered contest between Congress minister Babush Monserrate, the MGP’s Dinar Tarcar and independent Rudolph Fernandes. All three candidates have very controversial backgrounds.<br /><br />Team Anna members will address several public meetings in Goa in the run-up to the March 3 poll.<br /></p>
