New Delhi: After single-handedly provoking a people's revolution, 72-year-old social activist Anna Hazare, who launched what he calls "India's second freedom struggle," ended his hunger strike today.
It took Mr Hazare almost five days of fasting to accomplish every point of an agenda that seemed preposterously ambitious when the week began. Till India pitched in, expressing its solidarity with rallies around Mr Hazare's cause - to force the government to introduce a new tough law to combat corruption, and to ensure that politicians alone are not entrusted with its conception.
The government has agreed that a committee will be set up with five representatives of civil society, including Mr Hazare, and five ministers. Mr Hazare said this is a "victory of the people". Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will be the Chairman of the panel; and former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan, who has been picked by Mr Hazare, will be the co-Chairman.
source: ndtv.com
It took Mr Hazare almost five days of fasting to accomplish every point of an agenda that seemed preposterously ambitious when the week began. Till India pitched in, expressing its solidarity with rallies around Mr Hazare's cause - to force the government to introduce a new tough law to combat corruption, and to ensure that politicians alone are not entrusted with its conception.
The government has agreed that a committee will be set up with five representatives of civil society, including Mr Hazare, and five ministers. Mr Hazare said this is a "victory of the people". Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will be the Chairman of the panel; and former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan, who has been picked by Mr Hazare, will be the co-Chairman.
source: ndtv.com