Who is Anna Hajare

[Ashwani Garg]

Who is Anna Hajare?
An ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War

What’s so special about him?

He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district,
Maharashtra
This village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in …
the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills. In 1975,
it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest
village in India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-
friendly & harmonic village.
Anna Hazare was awarded Padma Bhushan and is a known figure for his
social activities.

Anna Hajare – 71 year old social activist is on fast until death,
protesting against the corruption and unbiased, error-free Lokpal Bill
amendments.

Updates:
Hazare visited Rajghat this morning before proceeding to Jantar Mantar
via India Gate to start the protest.

Talking to reporters here, Hazare said that he was saddened when the
Prime Minister rejected the demand by leading civil society members to
include them and senior ministers in the joint committee to draft the
Lokpal Bill.

‘I will fast unto death, as announced earlier as the prime minister
has refused to form a joint committee with civil society members in it
for the formulation of the Lokpal Bill. Even if I lose my life, I will
have no regret, my life is dedicated to the nation,’ Hazare said.

The Lokpal Bill (Ombudsman Bill), 2010, which awaits a select
parliamentary committee’s nod, provides for filing complaints of
corruption against the Prime Minister, ministers and lawmakers.

Hazare contended that the Lokpal Bill, in its present form, is useless
and has drafted a separate Jan Lokpal bill (Public Ombudsman Bill),
taking into account the views and suggestions from civil society and
common people.

The Magsaysay Award winner activist, along with others, will go to
Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial at Rajghat at 9.00 a.m. Tuesday morning,
after which the activists will stage a march from India Gate to the
Jantar Mantar, where Hazare will begin his fast.

Activists also called upon the nation to join the fast.

‘I appeal to the nation to join the hunger strike, and support this
anti-corruption movement’ said activist Arvind Kejriwal, who along
with former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde, and Supreme Court
lawyer Prashant Bhushan drafted the Jan Lokpal Bill, the civil
society’s alternate to the government drafted bill.

Now a days corruption is done in a more polished way and is not
visible to the naked eye anymore. Even Corruption is going under
restructuring and are finding new ways of getting away with it. In
this context do you think that Anna Hazare’s act will be effective on
our government?

Whos supports Anna Hajare?
Baba Ramdev, Ex. IPS Kiran Bedi, Social Activist Swami Agnivesh, RTI
activist Arvind Kejriwal and many more. Prominent personalities like
Aamir Khan is supporting his cause.

The great old man is on hunger strike. Please support him. He is doing
all this for us only.

Call more and more people to join the group and post comments, write
ups to support Anna Hajare and Swami Ram Dev.

To Join group click link below:-
http://groups.google.com/group/bhrastacharmitaosatyagrah_swamiramdev_annahajare