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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

India Against Corruption , The War Begins

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74 year old Gandhian Anna Hazare has taken the nation by storm with his firm resolve to fast to unto death in favor of anti corruption act the Lokpal Bill . The Govt cut a sorry figure by arresting Anna  with thousands of his followers yesterday from temporary residence at Mayur Vihar New Delhi yesterday and deportation to Tihar Jail  As protests broke down barriers all over India  and thousands marched to street irrespective of party affiliations children and youth and senior citizens thronged the Tihar jail, the Government was forced to release Anna and his supporters. Anna refused to leave the Tihar Jail, till he was granted permission to fast
for 2 weeks at the huge Ramlila Maidan that can easily accommodate a crowd of 50,000 people. The fast will  put pressure on parliamentarians to put forward a better anti-corruption Lokpal Bill then the one currently put up by the UPA Government which is grossly inadequate.  


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 Prominent amongst Anna's supporters and the India Against  corruption moment are Arvind Kejriwal ,  ex - law minister Shanti Bhushan, and  Kiran Bedi  Magsaysay award winner and ex-Superintendent of  Tihar Jail. Convicts, and Jail officials joined the protest in Tihar Jail as over 10,000 people gathered outside Tihar Jail to court arrest in solidarity with fasting Anna

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