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- Hazare started a hunger strike on 5 April 2011 to exert pressure on the Indian government to enact a stringent anti-corruption law, The Lokpal Bill, 2011 as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill, for the institution of an ombudsman with the power to deal with corruption in public places. The fast led to nationwide protests in support.
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The movement gained momentum from 5 April 2011, when anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare began a hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar monument in New Delhi. The movement aimed to alleviate corruption in the Indian government through introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill.
Hazare and other civil society members decided to boycott the 6 June 2011 drafting committee meeting to protest the forcible eviction of Swami Ramdev and his followers by the Delhi Police from Ramlila Maidan on 5 June 2011, while they were on a hunger strike against black money and corruption.
Aug 28, 2011 · The anticorruption hunger strike by Anna Hazare exposed a populist rage toward India’s political class and a lack of public confidence in its democratic institutions.
Sep 23, 2024 · In protest, Hazare began a hunger strike that, together with other forms of activism, spurred the government eventually to remove hundreds of corrupt functionaries from their positions. His experience battling bureaucracy encouraged Hazare to begin campaigning in Maharashtra in 1997 for a “right to information” law .
Mar 23, 2018 · New Delhi: Kisan Baburao Hazare, better known as Anna Hazare today started an indefinite hunger strike with a demand for the government to set up a Lokpal. He began his strike at...
- Archana Complex, Block B, Greater Kailash I, New Delhi, 110048, India
Aug 19, 2011 · Anna Hazare, the Indian anti-corruption campaigner, left jail in Delhi on Friday to stage a public hunger strike in the centre of the capital city. Mr Hazare was detained on Tuesday for...
Aug 27, 2011 · NEW DELHI — India’s Parliament capitulated on Saturday to the anticorruption campaigner Anna Hazare and the hundreds of thousands of people who took to the streets to support his cause in a...
