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| Anna Hazare gives govt Aug 15 ultim |
| Anna Hazare gives govt Aug 15 ultimatum
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| INDIA
, 8-June-2011
5:7:28 AM |
| In the midst of his hunger strike today, Anna Hazare set an ultimatum for the government: unless it introduces the Lokpal Bill against corruption by August 15, he will begin another hunger fast.
Mr Hazare drew thousands of people to Rajghat where, flanked by other activists who have united for the India Against corruption campaign, he targeted the government for last weekend's action against Baba Ramdev. Late on Saturday night, the government instructed the police to dismantle the yoga teacher's camp where Baba Ramdev was on an indefinite hunger strike, also against corruption - a sort of spin-off movement from Mr Hazare's. 65,000 people were at the Baba's camp in Delhi, many of them fast asleep, when the police set out to arrest the Baba and disperse his followers. As the Baba tried to disappear into the crowds, the police lathicharged and tear-gassed the camp. The Baba was tracked down and flown back to his ashram in Uttarakhand.
"A fast is not a crime," said Mr Hazare today to his audience. "This is equal to what happened at Jallianwala Bagh. The only difference is that bullets were not fired." The comparison to the British atrocities has been made throughout this week, both by activists and by Opposition parties who have accused the government of trying to supercede the right to democratic protest.
In an attempt to repeat its mistakes, the police was present in hundreds at Rajghat today. Mr Hazare said the security meant little to him. "If our freedom fighters had sought security, we would not have got Independence," he said.
The point of Mr Hazare's fast is to prove to the government that India is hungry for a tough law against corruption, and that it continues to count on Mr Hazare and his team to deliver that law. He describes his movement as "the second struggle for Independence."
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