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Anna
Hazare calls for nation-wide fast
Saturday April 02, 2011 07:54:05 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: After
discussions between activists and government representatives on the
anti-graft Lokpal bill failed to reach a discussion, veteran
activist Anna Hazare has called upon the nation to observe a fast
April 5.
"We are appealing to the whole nation to observe a day of fast on
5th April and pray to whoever God one believes in, for a corruption
free India. Let the whole nation pray against corruption," Hazare
said in a letter to leaders of all political parties.
"I shall be sitting on an indefinite fast from April 5 at Jantar
Mantar in Delhi to persuade the government to enact the Jan Lokpal
Bill, which is a strong anti-corruption law drafted by some of the
best brains in the country including Justice Santosh Hegde, Arvind
Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Shanti Bhushan and many others," he
said.
Hazare had announced Feb 26 that he would go on an indefinite fast
if the government did not include the civil society in the
formulation of the anti-graft Lokpal Bill by April 4.
Even as representatives from the activists met the members of a
recently formed sub-committee on the Lokpal Bill led by Defence
Minister A. K. Antony, no conclusion could be reached.
The activists have been saying that the anti graft bill cannot be
drafted by political leaders and bureaucrats as it is supposed to be
against them and urged the government to include civil society
members in the process of forming the bill.
They have formulated their version of the bill, named the Jan-Lokpal
bill.
Forwarding support to the campaign, former Indian cricket captain
Kapil Dev also wrote to prime minister urging him to take action
against corruption.
"If anyone indulges in corruption, he must visit with exemplary
punishment. Under the existing anti corruption laws, there is little
possibility of anyone being penalised," Dev said in his letter.
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