anna hazare latest news They are putting roadblocks on the path of the Lokpal Bill," he said, and charged the government with trying to defame his associates, including Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal. The Bhushans, Hazare, Kejriwal and Santosh Hegde form the civil society representatives in a 10-member panel, including five central ministers, to frame a tough Lokpal Bill. With thousands shouting "Bharat Mata Ki Jai", singing a tuneful "Lokpal, Lokpal" and devotional songs and holding placards, Hazare got on to a raised platform and started his hunger strike at 10 a.m., his second in two months. In a hard hitting speech, Kejriwal said, "We are not here to change the government, we want to change the system
n April, Hazare's five-day fast drew widespread support across the country and forced the government to set up the joint panel to draft a Lokpal bill to combat corruption. Hazare Wednesday said the primary reason for his fast Wednesday was to protest the police crackdown on Ramdev and thousands of supporters here after midnight Saturday. "The government should not have done at Ramlila ground what it did," he said to repeated cheers from the thousands, many waving the Indian flag. "And they did it at 1.30 at night. They lathi charged sleeping people. What injustice had they (people) done? It is a blot on humanity. It was like throttling democracy."
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