Against Corruption Long Fight Just Begins

        Anna Hazare, 72 years old, socialist on 5th April,2011 started his fast unto death in protest against Government of India’s delaying approach towards Lokpal bill, which from last 42 long years waiting to get parliament nod and in today’s environment its necessities is feeling by every Indian very badly due to exposé on fortnight basis one after another of corruption and scams becoming news headlines but probe and action against tainted politicians/persons are not encouraging and effective to punish them, moreover draft of government lokpal bill has not power to punish the accused severely. After Anna Hazare’s fast entered into few hours more then fourth day, government of India accepted all his demands, then Anna along with score of peoples that were with him on Jantar Mantar on fast, end there hunger strike, but Hazare warn that fight just begins and if government does not show interest in passing the Lokpal Bill in monsoon session then on the day of independence that is 15th August, 2011 they will start there protest again and if they pass the bill during monsoon session then they will welcome and thanks the Prime Minister of India for keeping his words.
      On 5th April,2011 Anna Hazare protest against government and want instead of government lokpal bill it should be Jan lokpal bill, as there are huge differences in both the drafts of punishment and there nature, like –

• Government Lokpal Bill needs Loksabha speaker or Rajya Sabha chairperson recommendations to act, and complaint from common people will not be entertained until and unless it get nod from any of the above coded where as Jan Lokpal Bill have provision for complaints from common people acceptable and power to take action on its own behalf.
• Government Lokpal bill is without the power to direct police action and even without the power of FIR registration into criminal cases’ where as Jan Lokpal Bill, it authorise power to committee of FIR and Police action.
• Government Lokpal Bill has provision of six months punishment to maximum seven years for corruption where as Jan lokpal Bill has minimum five years to maximum life imprisonment.
• Government Lokpal bill draft give status to lokpal as advisor board and without the wings where as Jan Lokpal Bill allows power to lokpal take action against accused person and legal action.

So Anna Hazare demands that Lokpal Committee should have fifty fifty participation of government representatives and civil society, it mean that half the members of government and half from civil society. Demands by Hazare becomes obstacle for government to accept it early, like –

• Government issue notifications
• Head of the committee should be from civil society

But behind the curtain efforts were continue to end the deadlock from government side Mr. Kapil Sibbal and veerappa moily and from Anna Hazare side Kiran Bedi, swami Agnivesh and Arvind kejariwal play vital role to reach the deal accepted by both the parties. Now Hazare has plan to visit all the states of the country also in pipeline to touch other issue of public domain of the country.
     Now as joint committee constitute for the draft of bill which will complete its work before the 30 june,2011, then lokpal draft will present in the parliament’s monsoon session for becoming law in the country. Members of the Joint Committee are –
Government representation –

• Pranab Mukherjee (President)
• P. Chidambaram
• Veerappa Moily
• Kapil Sibal
• Salman Khursheed

Civil Society members –

• Anna Hazare
• N. Santosh Hegde ( Co President )
• Shanti Bhushan
• Prashant Bhushan
• Arcind Kejariwal

So campaign of Anna Hazare gives dividend after few hours more then four days of his hunger strike, and hopefully demon of corruption would be hold firmly from front by horn in the country once lokpal bill comes into effect.