GHAZIABAD: Batting for "live-in relationships",

member and former Union minister

has said people should accept it in the context of changing society rather than protest.

"Social values are changing fast and we should accept it (live-in relationships) rather to protest or go against these values," Bhushan, who was here to attend a function last evening, said.

Referring to the Assembly polls' results in five states, he claimed that the Anna factor worked and proved its effect on the outcome of the elections.

He also said the 2014 Lok Sabha election will be a "setback" for the

as it will "not reform" its policies.