SUPPORT ANNA HAZARE IN HUNGER STRIKE AGAINST CORRUPTION

Do you support Anna Hazare's crusade against Corruption ?

Kisan Baburao Hazare (born 15 June 1937), popularly known as Anna Hazare, is an Indian social activist who is especially recognised for the Indian Movement against corruption and his contribution to the development and structuring of Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award, by the government of India in 1992 for his efforts in establishing Ralegan Siddhi as a model village.

About JAN LOKPAL BILL

The JAN LOKPAL BILL also referred to as the CITIZEN'S OMBUDSMAN BILL, is a proposed anti-corruption law in India. 

• It was proposed by anti-corruption social activists as a more effective improvement to the original Lokpal bill which is currently being proposed by the the Government of India.
•  The prefix Jan (translation: citizens) was added to signify the fact that these improvements include inputs provided by the ordinary citizens through a activist driven non-governmental public consultation.
• The Jan Lokpal Bill aims to effectively deter corruption, redress grievances of citizens and protect whistle-blowers. If made into into law, the bill seeks to create an independent ombudsman body similar to the Election Commission of India called the Lokpal.
•  It will be empowered to register and investigate complaints of corruption against politicians and bureaucrats without prior government approval
•  First introduced in 1968, the bill has failed to become law for over four decades.
• In 2011, Gandhian rights activist Anna Hazare started a Satyagraha movement by commencing a fast unto death in New Delhi to demand the passing of the bill. The movement attracted attention in the media, and thousands of supporters. Following Hazare's four day hunger strike, the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated that the bill would be re-introduced in the 2011 monsoon session of the ParliamentAccordingly, a committee of five Cabinet Ministers and five social activists attempted to draft a compromise bill merging both the version but failed.
• The Indian government went on to propose its own version in the parliament, which the activists reject on the grounds of not being sufficiently effective.