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| Will Anna Hazare end fast tonight? |
| Will Anna Hazare end fast tonight? Breakthrough achieved, suggest activists
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| INDIA
, 8-April-2011
10:7:41 AM |
| Will Anna Hazare end his fast tonight? After a meeting between the government and social activists this evening, a breakthrough is likely, says Arvin Kejriwal, who was present at the latest round of negotiations over a new law to combat corruption in the government. (Read: Who is Anna Hazare?)
Telecom Minister met this evening with social activists Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi and Swami Agnivesh. At Jantar Manatar in Delhi, a short drive away, 6000 men, women and children sang "We shall overcome" in support of what began as a hunger strike and cascaded into a people's revolution. (Read: Anna's latest letters to PM and Sonia)
Jantar Mantar has become the Ground Zero of this movemet; its icon is Anna Hazare - the 72-year-old Gandhian who went on a "fast-unto-death" on Monday. He has two demands: That the government introduce a bill to tackle corruption immediately, and that politicians alone not be in charge of drafting that bill. Several activists and lakhs of Indians have merged as one umbrella group - India Against Corruption. In cities across the country. Fasts and rallies are held everyday, daring the government to ignore the power of a people earlier desperate and now determined for change.
Mr Hazare spends his days and nights addressing the large crowds that gather before him. His negotiations with the government are conducted via letters (he wrote again to the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi today) and through Swami Agnivesh and Mr Kejriwal. In talks yesterday with Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, the activists managed to win a major concession. -the government agreed that a committee to draft the anti-corruption law or Jan Lokpal Bill would have five ministers and five representatives of civil society. The sticking points were who would chair the committee, and what its legal status would be
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