Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare to begin indefinite hunger strike today
Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare to begin indefinite hunger strike today
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New Delhi [India] Mar. 23 (NT): Anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare once again will here on Friday start the indefinite hunger strike to bring about a proficient Lokpal and ensure better production cost for farm produce.

The Gandhivadi Neta has been pressing for setting up of the competent Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in the states, besides implementation of the Swaminathan Commission report, which has suggested conducts to address the agrarian agony.

Hazare had earlier said that he would carry out satyagraha till his  last breath and accused the central government of not allotting space.

The spot of his remonstration will be the similar iconic Ram Lila Maidan, where he had staged protest and hunger strike in 2011 demanding constitution of a Lokpal to inspect cases of corruption.

Maharashtra Irrigation Minister Girish Mahajan had earlier met Hazare to plead with him to give up his fast, but the activist, who has put together a team of around 6,000 people from corner to corner of India for the purpose, indicated that he would go for the fast until Modi-led- government came up with a concrete proposal to make powerful the Lokpal.

He said he would do "satyagraha from jail" if not allotted a space in New Delhi.

Hazare has claimed setting up of Agriculture Price Commission on the lines of the Election Commission and Niti Aayog.

Retired Supreme Court judge and former Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde has declared to join the social activist's rouse.

 

 

 

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