Anti-corruption Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare’s struggle against corruption records its first achievement
Anna Hazare was on a fast unto death for the past 96 hours that he broke at 10:53am at Janter Manter by taking a glass of lemon water
offered by a 6 year girl present in the crowd on 9 April 2011. Before breaking his own fast the soldier turned Gandhian social worker Anna Hazare offered lemon water to some of the 20 plus volunteers observing similar fast along with him.He concluded the first step of struggle against corruption after receiving a gazette notification published by the Government of India
, constituting a committee for drafting anticorruption laws and the ways to enforce the same. The proposed 10 member committee 
will have 5 members each from the government and from the public side. Prnab Mukherjee is proposed to be appointed as chairman of the drafting committee from the government side and farmer Law Minister
Shanti Bhooshan as the co-Chairman representing the public. Anna Hazare has also been included as a member of the drafting committee. 
Anna Hazare declared that this is not the final victory of the people of India; it is rather the beginning of a long struggle that should completely eradicate corruption
from the basic fabric of the republic of India. He stressed on his demand that the anticorruption Lokpal bill should be passes in the monsoon session of the Indian parliament
and the final gazette notification
should be published before 15th August 2011
pronouncing it as a law. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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