Fwd: Anna Hazare's fast against corruption

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Arun Prasath

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Apr 6, 2011, 1:55:10 PM4/6/11

Let us all just take some time to read the below link and pass this mail to as many as we know to show our support for the movement.

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http://indiaagainstcorruption.org/blog/?p=1023

Day 2 of Anna Hazare's fast against corruption

NDTV Correspondent, Updated: April 06, 2011 10:00 IST

New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare has entered the second day of his fast-unto-death as part of a campaign that asks the government to enact an important new law to fight corruption.

Mr Hazare has vowed to continue his hunger strike till the government proves its commitment to the Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's Ombudsman Bill).

What the government has proposed in its draft, he and other activists say on the website, indiaagainstcorrpution.org, is "complete eyewash". Rather than strengthen anti-corruption systems, it demolishes whatever exists in the name of anti-corruption systems today. It seeks to completely insulate politicians from any kind of action against them."

Unless civil society plays a role in drafting the law, Mr Hazare believes, it will change nothing.