Anna Hazare's Anti Corruption Movement

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Power Situation during 1985-86 became extremely critical. The farmers were unable tolift water from the wells inspite of its availability due to insufficient voltage to runpumps. The motors were getting burnt due to fluctuations and the crops were gettingaffected. There was scant response from the govt. inspite of continuous follow-up. On28th Nov. 1989 Mr. Hazare was forced to undertake fast for seeking redressal. After 8

days of his fast , his health deteriorated and was admitted in the civil hospital atAhmednagar. As there was, no response inspite of action from his side, the farmers fromthree tehsils became furious and they started road block agitation. Fearing that if theagitation takes a wrong turn, something untoward may take place. He appealed to theagitators from the hospital bed that they should not resort to unfair means, damage thenational property and inflict any harm to the passengers. The agitation should bepeaceful. The police authorities did not expect huge participation and there was meagerpolice force available.

However, they were proved wrong and more than 10000 men and 1200 women

participated in the agitation. The agitators had offered police to take them to jail.However, since enough transport was not available with the police, the police tried toremove the road block. Due to improper treatment meted out to the agitators, there wasscuffle between police and the agitators and the police resorted to lathi-charged onagitators. This action on the part of police irritated them and they pelted stones on thepolice force. Since the situation was going out of control, additional force was called andpolice opened fire on the agitators in which 4 farmers died on the spot and 7 farmerssustained severe injuries. He felt sad on hearing this news in the hospital. The agitationwas meant for awakening the government and there is no harm in carrying out suchagitations in democracy. He had decided to end his life during the fast itself, but SeniorOfficials of the government and even Ministers persuaded him to give up his fast as they

feared that if agitation continues, lot many farmers may lose their life and in order to savethe life of innocent farmers, he withdrew his fast.


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Model Village as contemplated by Gandhiji was brought in reality by Shri Annaji atRalegan Siddhi by his dedication. Late Shri Achyutrao Patwardhan, the great freedomfighter, suggested to the government of Maharashtra that to commemorate the goldenjubilee of Bharat Chhodo Andolan, it would be most befitting to create model villageslike Ralegan Siddhi in every tehsil of the state. The government accepted this suggestionand declared to implement Adarsh Gaon Yojana. The Government entrusted thisresponsibility to him and Adarsha Gaon Yojana was started under his leadership . Hetravelled whole of Maharashtra and selected 300 villages to implement this scheme.While working in this schemehe realised that development is getting hampered due to planned corruption inGovermnent machinery and he decided to fight against this corruption. He gave evidenceagainst two ministers who had amassed wealth disproportionate to their income. Howeversince the Govt was passive about this he started agitation and undertook fast for l0 days.Chief Minister intervened and he deleted these two ministers from ministry and appointedan Inquiry Commission. The Commission held both the ministers guilty but to save themthe Govt appointed another commission who discharged them from the allegations.Though the ministers were discharged from the allegations, they had to loose theirministership which is the success of Mr.Hazare's agitation.Mr.Hazare's gave evidence of corruption by Social Welfare Minister to the then ChiefMinister. On 3lst July l999 the Chief Minister informed him that inquiry is beinginstituted about the charges leveled by him. He had given an interview to a local dailyregarding this inquiry and based on this interview the concerned minister had filed a casein the court against Mr.Hazare for defamation. He was held guilty by the Court and thecourt had asked him to give an undertaking that he will not make such allegations infuture.He refused to give such undertaking and preferred to go jail for 3 months asordered by the court. He told the court that He was willing to give his life for truth. Hispunishment created commotion in public and scores of people started visiting Yerawada

Jail.

He wanted to compelte his jail term but to give respect to the public feelings he acceptedhis release.In l992 Gandhji had told the court that if court feels that his actions for thefreedom of the country are considered as anti government activities he was willing toundergo any punishment .Similarly he did not give bond to the court and accpetedpunishment. He did not prefer any appeal against the court order immediately but due topublic pressure he later made an appeal which was upheld by the Higher Court and


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rejected the suit of minister.Mr. Hazare asked the Govt. to conduct the inquiry against theminister which is still on.

In the regim of coaliation Government of Congress and National Congress Party, He hadforwarded evidence of corruption about 4 ministers and had asked the Government toconduct inquiry. One of the ministers had made allegations about corruption in theinstitutions in which he was associated. Since there was no action from the Govt. heundertook fast for 9 dys in August 2003 at Azad Maidan. The minister concenred alsostarted agitation at Azaj Maidan in Mumbai. At last the Government relented and RetiredSuprement Court Judge Shri P.B. Sawant was appointed to conduct the inquiry. Thecommission conducted the inquiry and sent its report to Govt. on 22nd Februrary .In the report the commission had observed ministers guilty and had held Mr.Hazare alsoguilty forirregularities but not a single charge of corruption was proved against him.Mr.Hazare has offered the Government that it should take action against him as well as theministers based on the findings of the enquiry comissions.Though Govt has not taken anyaction on the Commission's report three ministers had to go and this is a big achievement

of his agitation against corruption.

He felt that corruption will not stop merely by taking action against a few officers andministers and it is necessary that a change should be brought about in the system, Hebelieves that unless decentralisation of power takes place the system will not change.Inorder to bring change in the system he felt that information should be made available topeople regarding Govt.'s actions which was not being provided to people on the groundof secracy. Here again he decided to follow Gandhiji's path and started Maun Vrat andlater fast unto death. This brought pressure on the Govt. and both the Central as well asState Governments have enacted Right to Information Act. His whole life and work isbased on Gandhian philosophy.

ProhibitionAlcohol has ruined many families in rural India. The existing laws did not have teeth toban the sale of alcohol in villages. So he decided to press the government to make a lawfor prohibition if 50% women demanded for it. Ultimately, women are the most affectedlot if their husbands are drunkards.By the new Act, the women of any village can collectively demand for ban on sale ofalcoholic drinks in the village. If a minimum of 50% of women complain to the District


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Collector about their sufferings and request for total prohibition in the village, theCollector can hold ballot paper election in the village. There will be two signs on thepaper one being a bottle in standing position and another being in a horizontal position.The women will cast their votes. In the evening, the votes will be counted. If more votesare in favour of horizontal bottle, then the Collector will ban the sale of alcoholic drinks

in the village and cancel the license of the seller.In many villages, the licenses have been cancelled and total prohibition came into realityafter this Act. In some villages, the alcohol sellers have manipulated the election withmoney power.Anyhow, this Act has supported and strengthened the women. Women have becomeempowered due to this act and became fearless to come in open against the alcoholism.This Act has helped in organizing the women and fight against evils for a common good.Womens empowerment is the need of the day.

Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare, 73, is popularly known as Anna Hazare. The iconic Gandhian isknown for his contribution to the development of Ragelan Siddhi, a village in Parner taluka inMaharashtra's Ahmednagar district.

He was awarded a Padma Bhushan in 1992 for turning it into a model village. On April 5, 2011,the 72-year-old began a fast-unto-death to exert pressure on the government to enact a stronganti-corruption law that will see the appointment of independent ombudsmen at the centre and inthe states to deal with cases of corruption. He broke the fast after 97 hours after the government

constituted a joint panel of ministers andcivil society representatives to draft the law.

India celebrated its first Republic Day on 26th January 1950. That day, India became a sovereign

republic nation. The government exchequer collected by different ways ultimately belongs to the

citizens of the country. Citizens elect their representatives and send them to the Lok Sabha and

Vidhan Sabha for managing the public money. The peoples representatives are actually public

servants. As they are public servants, their position is secondary to that of citizens. But,

unfortunately, this fact has not been realized by the people in the last 60 years of Independence.

Some people with vested interest deliberately kept the citizens in darkness. Citizens are at the

helm of affairs in democracy, nobody is beyond them.

The President of India appoints Civil Servants in Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Police

Services (IPS) and Indian Forest Services (IFS). The Peoples Representatives and the Civil

Servants are ultimately the public servants. They have to serve the citizens. But, the picture is


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altogether different today. The Peoples Representatives and the Civil Servants have become

masters of the country and made the citizens poor servants.

In the Maharashtra State, a campaign was started

demanding for the Right to Information. As Peoples

Representatives and Civil Servants are public servants

and the citizens of Maharashtra are owners of thepublic money, the citizens have the right to ask the

public servants how and in what manner they spend

the public money. He pressed for legislating an Act for

Right to Information. The first campaign was organized

at the Azad Maidan, Mumbai, in 1997. The State

Government was giving only promises, but it failed to

crystallize it in many sessions of the Vidhan Sabha. He

had to make agitations, dharnas, morchas, maun and

fasts many times.

State-wide tours were held for awareness generation

among people. Public addresses were organized inmany towns and programmes were arranged specially

for college students. Posters, banners and folders were

printed and distributed in thousands. All this resulted

in the awakening of the citizens and making them

aware of their fundamental Right to Information.

The Government made many promises, but it failed to

keep one. Any government never wants to

decentralize its power and hand over power to people.

Many politicians think that decentralization of power

will lessen

their importance, status and respect. So the Government was reluctant to make legislation for

Right to Information.

Finally, with zeal of do-or-die, Mr. Hazare went on

fast-unto-death on August 9, 2003 at Azad Maidan,

Mumbai. He decided that unless the Act is passed by

the Government, he will not end his fast; rather he will

sacrifice his life for peoples rights.

The Government of Maharashtra felt that his resolution

is firm and He would not step back from his decision of

do-or-die. On the 12th day of his fast, the

Government of Maharashtra got the Bill signed by the

President of India and enacted the law of Right to

Information in Maharashtra. The Act on Right to

Information is a revolutionary step towards

strengthening democracy.

This Act has enabled the common man to seek information. Till to-date, the people have to obey

the laws; whereas the government machinery controlled everything. But by the advent of this Act,

the Government Agencies have to obey the law and the people have got controlling power.


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This Act should have come into force on 26th February 1950 itself; the day India celebrated its

first Republic Day. This would have brought transparency and accountability in every transaction

of the government and would have checked corruption to a great extent. The erstwhile British

rulers had prohibited people from getting any information by creating the Official Secrets Act. The

following Indian governments maintained status quo by not amending the Act as it provided them

space for corruption. The British Act of Official Secrets was in force for almost 58 years after

British left India. This Act gave the weapon in the hands of corrupt politicians and officers toexploit the common man.

Under the guise of the Official secrets Act, information was denied to people. So he started the

movement for Right to Information. In freedom, every citizen has fundamental right to know how

the public money is spent.The question to the Government was "Why do you deny information

which is not confidential" under the guise of Official Secrets Act? Finally, the government had to

make the Right to Information Act.

Due to this Act, transparency has come in in the administration. Now a common man can get

information by just paying a nominal charge of Rs. 10 or 20. This has paved the way to good

governance and healthy democracy.

If this Act reaches every village and every household, it has potential to check corruption to an

extent of 80 85%. Due to corruption, only 10 percent could reach the real beneficiaries of the

poverty alleviation programmes earlier. Rest of the money percolated to the purses of corrupt

officers and politicians. Now, due to the Act of Right to Information, the poor villagers will get their

due share in the development process. The quality of project works has started to improve after

the Act.

Central Government stopped amendments in Right to Information Act:

It is a positive step after 58 years of Independence to

enact the Right to Information Act. But as this Act has

potential to check corruption to a great extent, some

politicians felt it as a hurdle in their corrupt practices.Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singhs Government

tabled a Bill for amendments in the existing Act which

were detrimental to the very cause of the Act.

Citizens had got these rights after 58 years of

Independence after a long struggle. The proposed

amendments were going to nullify these rights. To

protest against the amendments, Mr.

Hazareundertook fast unto death at Alandi near Pune.

Within two days of commencing his fast, people in various parts of Maharashtra started agitation

on their own in support of my demand. People undertook Rail-roko-andolan (train blockade) at

nine places.


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Gradually, the agitation spread to other parts of India.

Even some Indians residing in the US went on fast in

support of my agitation. Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan

Singh sent one of his Ministers as emissary to Alandi,

as the agitation gathered momentum in and outside

the country, and promised that the existing Right to

Information Act would not be amended by the CentralGovernment. He requested Mr. Hazare to end his fast

and he gave it up on 9th day. Fortunately, the

Government gave up the idea of proposed

amendments in the Right to Information Act.

Act for Regulating Transfers:

As there was no clear-cut policy on transfers of the Government Officers, the Peoples

Representatives and Senior Officers of the government misused their power to transfer the

government servants as per their wish. In these transfers, usually money changes hands. Thus, a

transfer was a source of bribery.

If an elected Representative wants his relative or confident to be posted in a key position wherean honest Officer is already working, he would misuse his power to get the honest man transferred

to other place; thus creating vacancy to bring his man to that position. This was injustice to the

honest officer.

To prevent this type of injustice, He started a movement for

legislation of an Act which would prevent transfer of any

officer, at the will of his superiors or political heavy weights, for

a minimum period of three years. It was also ensured that no

officer will continue at the same place for more than three

years. The local politicians like Members of the Lok Sabha and

Vidhan Sabha, Ministers in the Government and Senior Officers

of the Government opposed legislation of this Act as it was

going to affect their vested interest.

Due to this act, the honest officers got some relief and the

corruption involved in transfers has reduced to a large extent.

More Rights for Gram Sabha:

Gram Sabha is a Village Parliament; just like Lok

Sabha and Vidhan Sabha being parliaments at Central

and State levels respectively, in the Indian

parliamentary system of democracy. Gram Sabha is

supreme in the democratic set-up. Any villager who

attains the age of 18 years automatically becomes a

member of the Gram Sabha according to provisions in

the Indian Constitution. Villagers, who are eligible for

casting their votes by virtue of their age, are the

members of the Gram Sabha. There is no election for

constituting the Gram Sabha as in the case of Lok

Sabha or Vidhan Sabha. It is an autonomous and

sovereign body. The members of the Gram Sabha


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elect the members of the Lok Sabha and Vidhan

Sabha through elections who subsequently form the

Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha. Thus, the Gram Sabha is the mother of Lok Sabha and Vidhan

Sabha. The Ministry of the Government, may it be at Central or State level, has to take the Lok

Sabha or Vidhan Sabha into confidence for undertaking any developmental programme. In the

same way, the Gram Panchayat, i.e. the elected body at village level, should take the Gram Sabha

into confidence before undertaking developmental programmes.

A peoples movement was carried out for 7 years for legislation for granting more rights to Gram

Sabha. Finally, the State Govt. of Maharashtra passed an Act granting more rights to Gram Sabha.

Now, it is made mandatory for the Gram Panchayat to take permission of the Gram Sabha before

spending the money it receives from the government for different developmental programmes. If

it is found that the Gram Panchayat did not take permission of the Gram Sabha and spent the

money without information to the Gram Sabha, then the villagers (minimum 20% of voters) could

approach the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Zilla Parishad for an enquiry into the

expenditure. The CEO has to make an enquiry within a month and, if he is convinced that the

money has been spent without the knowledge of the Gram Sabha, send his report to the Divisional

Commissioner recommending for legal action. There is provision in the Act that the Divisional

Commissioner can dismiss the Sarpanch (Head of the Gram Panchayat), the Deputy Sarpanch and

the Gram Sevak (Village Development Officer).

The Act has helped in bringing transparency in village development schemes and thus curbing

corruption to a great extent. Every citizen has a right to elect his representative in the democracy.

In the same way, he should also have a right to recall the elected representative. This Act has

given this right to recall to the villagers. This will foster a healthy and people-oriented democracy.

There is a need for awareness generation and educating people to use this Act for bringing more

transparency in the development programmes.

Background

See also: Corruption in India, List of alleged scams in India, andIndian political scandals

MahatmaGandhi foughtfor our freedombut we are yet to

achieve realindependence.The secondstruggle ofindependencehas started. Weare ready tosacrifice our
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lives but will notbuckle underpressure

Anna Hazare[8]

Issues regarding corruption in India have become more prominent in recent years. Thecountry was subject to socialist-inspired economic policies between the 1950s and thelate 1980s. Extensive regulation, protectionism, and public ownership led to slow growth.[9][10]Forbes commented in 2007 that the system of bureaucratic controls calledLicenseRaj was often at the core of corruption.[11]

The Vohra Reportof 1993, submitted by the former Indian UnionHome SecretaryN. N.Vohra, studied the problem of the criminalization of politics and of the nexus amongcriminals, politicians and bureaucrats in India. The report contained several observationsmade by official agencies on the criminal network which was virtually running a parallel

government. It also discussed criminal gangs who enjoyed the patronage of politicians of all political parties and the protection of government functionaries. It revealed thatpolitical leaders had become the leaders of gangs. They were also connected to themilitary. Over the years criminals had been elected to local bodies,State Assemblies, andeven the Parliament.[12][13][14]

Anna Hazare's hunger strike atJantar Mantarin Delhi, on the second day of his fast.

The Right to Information Actof 2005 has helped civilians work effectively towardstackling corruption. It allows Indian citizens (except those living inJammu and Kashmir)to request information, for a fixed fee of 10 (US$ 0.22), from a "public authority" (abody of Government or "instrumentality of State") which is required to replyexpeditiously or within thirty days.[clarification needed] Activists have used this to uncover graftcases against various politicians and bureaucrats, one consequence being that some ofthose activists have been attacked and even killed.[15]
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Various scandals were discovered in the period 2010-2011, including the2G spectrumscam, Adarsh Housing Society Scam, and the Commonwealth Games scam. Theseinvolved various Ministers and also members of the Armed Forces, and theydemonstrated how entrenched corruption had become in India.[16][17][18] They led also topopular, non-political movements campaigning to fight graft via new legislation.

The Jan Lokpal Bill is a proposal to establish an independent body to investigate cases ofcorruption within a year and to ensure a speedy prosecution within two years of aninvestigation being started.[19]

[edit] Protest timeline

13 March 2011

A poster against corruption in India

A group ofDelhiresidents drove around the city dressed in similar clothing in anattempt to raise awareness of corruption issues and to gain support for the Jan

Lokpal Bill.[20]

28 March 2011There were protest marches in various cities[where?] across the world, includingsome in the US.[21]

30 March 2011Kapil Dev, a former captain of the Indian national cricket team, wrote a letter tothe Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, complaining that the many investigationsinto scams arising from the recent Commonwealth Games had achieved nothingso far. He said that, "Why can't we have an independent Lokpal to look into thesescams. I consider you as the cleanest politician in the recent history and I urge you

for a Jan Lokpal Bill."[22]

4 April 2011Hazare announced that he would commence his "fast unto death" and that thiswould last until a comprehensive measure to tackle corruption was introduced. Heclaimed that the government had excluded "civil society" from the panel set up todraft the Jan Lokpal Bill and implied that at least one of the people who was to beon the drafting committee - Sharad Pawar - might be unsuitable for that role
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because of his large landholdings. Kiran Bedi and Swami Agnivesh supportedHazare.[22]

5 April 2011

Protesters have come out in support of Anna Hazare

Hazare, initiated his fast at Jantar Mantarin Delhi. There werereports that around 6000 protestors in Mumbai might express their supportfor his action by themselves fasting, although in their case just for oneday.[23] Campaigners forIndia Against Corruption (IAC) estimated that apetition circulated in the city ofPune which demanded that thegovernment enact a bill had attracted between 5000 and 6000 signaturesbetween 3 April and 5 April. Hazare has been involved with IAC, a groupestablished by various prominent activists with the primary purpose ofachieving the legal enactment and subsequent enforcement of a strongversion of the Jan Lokpal bill.[24]

Many Bangaloreans visited the city's Freedom Parkto supportHazare.[25]

7 April 2011

Protests have continued as the Government fails to offer better terms to theactivists

Two rounds of talks failed. There was agreement regardingconstituting a panel to examine the Bill but the government would notaccede to demands that it should be a formally constituted panel or thatHazare should lead it. As a consequence of this, Hazare continued his fast.[26]

Narendra Modi, the chief Minister ofGujarat lashes out atManmohan Singh for resisting the passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill [27]
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12/17

Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Indian National Congress partyand the head of theNational Advisory Councilappealed to Hazare to endhis indefinite fast.[28]

Hazare and the protesters tried to keep the protests non-political.No politicians were welcome at the site of the fast. FormerHaryanaChief

MinisterOm Prakash Chautala, formerMadhya PradeshChief MinisterUma Bhartiand pro Sonia Gandhi journalistBarkha Dutt were forced bycivilians to leave, after the protesters objected against their presence whichthey believed was harming the integrity of their movement.[29]

8 April 2011

Protesters in Delhi

Protesters in Pune

Protests spread to Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore,Chennai, Patna, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Ranchi, Pune, Nashik and Kochi. [30][31]

Protests were organised at the University of Jammu in Jammu,Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahatiand Jaipurtoo.[30]

The government continued to squabble with the activists statingthat the bill drafting committee will be headed by a government appointed

minister and not a civil society member as the protesters demanded toavoid allowing the government to make the bill less powerful.[32]

The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, met with the President ofIndia to outline to her how the government was going ahead with thedemands of the population.[32]

15 supporters of Hazare on fast were hospitalized.[33]

Bollywood came out in support of the protests, with actors,musicians and directors speaking in support of the movement and Hazare.
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13/17

DirectorFarah Khan, actorAnupam Kher, music directorVishal Dadlani,poet-filmmakerPritish Nandy and actorTom Alterall visited JantarMantar; others stated their support for the movement via social networkingwebsites or the media. Oscar winning Indian composerA. R. Rahman alsodeclared his support for the anti-graft movement.

Qatari artist M. F. Hussain showed his support by drawing acartoon of Hazare.[34]

Indian students at Cambridge University, the former alma mater ofthe Indian prime minister also expressed their support for the movement.[35]

Many prominent people from the government agencies as well asfrom various corporate houses came out in support of the movement.Some of them were - Delhi Metro chiefE. Sreedharan[36] (also called theMetro Man of India), Punj Lloyd chairman Atul Punj, Maruti Suzukichairman R. C. Bhargava,Hero group's Sunil Munjal,Tata Steel vice-chairman B Muthuraman, Bajaj Auto Chairman Rahul Bajaj,Godrej

Group head Adi Godrej, BioconChairman and Managing DirectorKiranMazumdar-Shaw and Kotak Mahindra Bankvice-chairman & managingdirectorUday Kotak. They all declared their support for Hazare and themovement.[37][38]

ASSOCHAM President Dilip Modi and FICCI Director GeneralRajiv Kumar, too came out in support of the movement.[37]

The Government of India accepted the compromise formula thatthere be a politician chairman and an activist, non-politician Co-Chairman.It was reported that Pranab Mukherjeewill be the Chairman of the draftcommittee while Shanti Bhushan will be the co-chairman.[39]ShantiBhushan was one of the original drafters of the Lokpal Bill along withHazare, JusticeN. Santosh Hegde, advocate Prashant Bhushan, and RTIactivist Arvind Kejriwal.[40]

9 April 2011

After accepting all the demands of Hazare, the Government ofIndia issued a Official Gazette saying that the draft of lokpal would bemade and presented in the coming monsoon session ofLok Sabha. Victory celebrations took place at locations throughout thecountry.[41]and even Hazare's village.[42][43][44]

Bollywood lauded the outcome, repeating their support for themovement.[45]

Anti-corruption protestors at India Gate booed and drove awaycontroversial journalist Barkha Dutt.[46]

Protesters and leaders of the movement alike stated that the path toattaining complete passing of the bill is still a difficult one, and themovement has to see more harsher days ahead.[47]

Many commentators have called the movement the 'wake-up' callfor India.[48][49]
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14/17

I want to tell thegovernment thatwe are not twobut one. Youshould wipe it

out of your mindthat you are themasters. You arenot the masters,

the people are.Gram Sabha ismore powerfulthan Lok Sabhaor StateAssemblies

Anna Hazare[8]

Within a day of the beginning of the agitation, more than 30,000people had pledged their support to the Lokpal Bill. Organisers of theIndia Against Corruption said 30,000 people from Maharashtra expressedtheir support on their website.[50]The website has 20,000 members inMumbai alone.[51]Within a few days theFacebookpage forIndia AgainstCorruption had more than 220,000 likes.[52]

16 April 2011

The first meeting regarding a draft of the Lokpal Bill was held on 16 April. Thegovernment agreed to audio-record all meetings of the Lokpal Bill panel and tohold public consultations before a final draft is prepared.[53] Hazare demanded thatthe proceedings be televised live but the government refused this .[54]

4 June 2011

Swami Ramdev begins his indefinite hunger strike at RamlilaMaidan in Delhi to bring back the black money stashed in tax havensabroad.[55]

65,000 followers gathered at Ramlila Maidan[56]

In a press conference in the evening Kapil Sibbal made public a

letter from Ramdev's camp to call off the hunger strike. Ramdev took it asa betrayal and hardened position.

5 June 2011

At midnight, police raid the ground when most protesters aresleeping and Ramdev is busy at a meeting with his core group.[57]
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15/17

A large police force lob tear gas shells, burn the place andlathichargethe crowd at 1 am (IST) to evict them. Police had arranged buses to drop supporters at railway stationsand bus stands in advance; had ammunition ready and were in battle-gearwearing vests and helmets and kept some ambulances on standby.

Delhi Police arrest Ramdev, who was disguised in asalwar kameezwith a group of female protesters heading peacefully towards theNewDelhi Railway Station Ramdev is held in a government guesthouse for a few hours andthen sent to Dehradun in a chartered BSFaircraft. Ramdev is sent to his Patanjali Yogpeethashram in Haridwarwhere he delivers a press conference.[58]

53 people are injured and are treated at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash(LNJP) hospital, AIIMS Trauma Center and Ram Manohar LohiaHospital.[59][60][1]

Protesters huddle near the Metro station, bus depots and railway

stations. Many walk down to Gurdwara Bangla Sahib and other nearbyashrams.[61] According to New Delhi railway station authorities, supporterscontinued to leave in batches through the course of the day. While severalsupporters spent the day at a park near Ramlila Maidan, others took shelterat an Arya Samaj facility in Paharganj.[62]

Baba Ramdev is prohibited from entering Delhi for 15 days.

We are reallycurious why thegovernment isagainst the idea

of telecastinglive theproceedings ofthe committee.The peopleought to knowthe reasons whythere is adifferencebetween yourand our

viewpoint,

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Hazare describes his fight against corruption as the "SecondFreedom Struggle" and set an ultimatum of 15 August 2011, as the last
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date to pass a strong Jan Lokpal Bill threatening to otherwise intensify hisanti-corruption agitation and start another fast from 16 August.[64]

16 June 2011

The Government and the civil societysplit wide open due todifferences in jointly drafting bill. Government representatives informedthat if a consensus on the common bill is not reached, two drafts will besent to the Cabinet, one drafted by the Government and the other draftedby the civil society. Team Anna also claimed that only 15 points out oftotal 71 recommended were agreed and included in the joint draft. Hazaredeclared that if the government version of the bill was passed in theParliament, he will start his hunger strike from August 16, 2011.[65]

[edit] Use of cyberspace

Hacker group Anonymoushas come out in support of a civil movement againstcorruption in India by hacking one of the key website of a Indian government ofNationalInformatics Centre. This cyber movement has been called "Operation India".[66][67]

[edit] Government response

Hazare's protest has led to the resignation of Agriculture MinisterSharad Pawarfrom theGroup of Ministers on corruption.[68] On 8 April, the government started seriouslyconsidering the demands of the protesters. The government has stated that it will table thebill in the parliament in the upcoming Monsoon session.[69] On 9 April, the government

finally agreed to have a 50:50 distribution of the Government appointed officials and themembers of the civil society.[70] On May 13, PM Manmohan Singh stated that the Indiangovernment has completed the process for ratification of UN Convention againstCorruption.[71]

[edit] Political response to the Jantar Mantar protests

Bhartiya Janata Party

The Bhartiya Janata Partysupported Hazare, with a prominent member, Arun Jaitley,urging the government to take Hazare's fast very seriously.[72]

Another prominent BJP figure, L.K. Advani suggested that a meeting of political partiesshould be convened to discuss the issue "particularly in the context of black money andcurbing money-power in elections".[73]

BJP leader Narendra Modi posted on hisFacebookaccount that he was praying forHazare's health. He also published an open letter to Hazare thanking him for the latter'ssupport for the development work in Gujarat (being spearheaded by Modi himself as the
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chief minister of the state). Modi also warned Hazare of possible vilification by a certain'powerful-group' that wishes to defame Modi and Gujarat. He reiterated his support forthe Jan Lokpal Bill.[74]

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) came out in support of Anna Hazare. PrakashKarat pledged support to Hazare over the Jan Lokpal Bill.[75]
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