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Anti-Graft Campaign Grips India
P. Vijian
NEW DELHI (Bernama) - An anti-corruption hunger strike started by a 73-year-old ex-army driver has now snowballed into a nationwide movement that is demanding the government to act on rising grafts in the country.
Thousands of Indians, many young professionals, prominent social leaders and even Bollywood actors -- converged at several major cities, Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata and Mumbai -- rallying behind the social activist Anna Hazare -- known as a staunch Mahatma Gandhi follower.
"We have not reached any compromise, we have not accepted the government's offer," he told the media in Delhi late Friday.
Anna entered his fast-unto-death campaign last Tuesday, urging government to pass the "Jan Lokpal" (Ombudsman) Bill that had been hanging for decades.
Several rounds of talks between government representatives and the
movement's leaders failed to reach a comprise until Friday, but the momentum was growing hour by hour.
A spate of high-level financial scams had rocked the country recently, stoking anger among the common people who are now demanding an end to corruption.
The multi-billion 2G scam and the 2010 Commonwealth Games scandal involving prominent figures had drawn sharp criticism in recent months.
NEW DELHI (Bernama) - An anti-corruption hunger strike started by a 73-year-old ex-army driver has now snowballed into a nationwide movement that is demanding the government to act on rising grafts in the country.
Thousands of Indians, many young professionals, prominent social leaders and even Bollywood actors -- converged at several major cities, Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata and Mumbai -- rallying behind the social activist Anna Hazare -- known as a staunch Mahatma Gandhi follower.
"We have not reached any compromise, we have not accepted the government's offer," he told the media in Delhi late Friday.
Anna entered his fast-unto-death campaign last Tuesday, urging government to pass the "Jan Lokpal" (Ombudsman) Bill that had been hanging for decades.
Several rounds of talks between government representatives and the
movement's leaders failed to reach a comprise until Friday, but the momentum was growing hour by hour.
A spate of high-level financial scams had rocked the country recently, stoking anger among the common people who are now demanding an end to corruption.
The multi-billion 2G scam and the 2010 Commonwealth Games scandal involving prominent figures had drawn sharp criticism in recent months.
