Anna Hazare : Fast Unto Death

Very few social activists have captured the attention of Indians across the globe as Anna Hazare did during his "fast unto death" over the issue of the Lokpal Bill in New Delhi in April 2011. Hazare, a Gandhian by belief, outlook and practice, has become the face of India's fight against corruption. During his fast over the Lokpal Bill, Hazare, a quintessential traditional Indian by looks and mannerism, managed to inspire and mobilize the support of even the ultra-modern Indians - Indians for whom the word "social" only means having a profile on social networking sites. The "Anna Hazare fast" can be described as the first real "social networking movement" in India. Hazare, a former Army man, began his social activism from Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra, where he successfully led a movement against alcoholism and made Ralegan Siddhi a "model village". Hazare's campaign was instrumental in the implementation of the Right to Information Act in Maharashtra, which is considered one of the best RTI Acts in India. A Ramon Magsaysay award winner, Anna Hazare, like his idol, Mahatma Gandhi, has triggered a debate over the use of fast as a means of protest in India. By sheer commitment and simplicity, he has demonstrated that Gandhian principles are relevant even in the 21st-century India.

The ongoing session of Parliament must pass a Bill tocreate a strong and effective Lokpal in order to checkcorruption, TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu said here.

If the current session has no time to discuss the keyissue, a special sitting can be convened to thrash out thematter on which Gandhian Anna Hazare is on a fast since thelast ten days, the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister said.   Also click the below link for free TV 

Social activist Anna Hazare is most likely to end his fast any time now, sources have told.
The government has accepted all his three 'sticky conditions' and is very soon likely to give a written assurance that the Jan Lokpal Bill will be taken up for discussion in Parliament on Friday.
However, both sides have come a long way from their initial postures.
While Team Anna wanted the passing of the Jan Lokpal Bill as drafted by it by August 30, they have now come down and agreed to compromise even if the government merely took it up for discussion.
Similarly, the government has come down from its stand of not conceding to Anna's demands.
Union minister from Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh, who met Anna earlier in the day, is now likely to take the government's written agreement to Anna, where it is expected he will end his fast.