2012 Indian anti-corruption movement

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2012 Indian anti-corruption movement

The ending of 2012 Indian anti-corruption movement with a day long fast of Anna Hazare against corruption at Jantar Mantar,in New Delhi on March 25, 2012. Date April 4, 2011 ongoing (1 year, 11 months and 2 days) India 2836N 7712ECoordinates: 2836N 7712E Government corruption[1][2] [2] Police corruption [1] Judicial corruption Corporate corruption[2] [3] Unemployment [2] Kleptocracy [4] Electoral fraud [2][5] Red tape Discretionary powers of politician[1] [1] Black money

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Establishing strong and independent janlok pal anti-

corruption legislation and enforcement(Not Completed Yet) Asking the people to vote against the parties who don't support strong lokpal bill in Indian Elections, 2014(Not Completed Yet) Establishing strong "Right to Reject Bill"(Not Completed Yet) Repatriating and seizing almost $350 billion to $1.4 trillion of black money from abroad and making it a national income;(Not Completed Yet) Electoral and Judicial reform;(Not Completed Yet) Non violent protest Satyagraha Hunger strikes Civil resistance Civil disobedience Demonstrations sit-ins occupations Fast-unto-death Online activism

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Ongoing

The 2012 Indian anti-corruption movement is a series of demonstrations and protests across India intended to establish strong legislation and enforcement against endemic political corruption.[7] 2012 Indian anti-corruption movement is the successor of 2011 Indian anticorruption movement which ended on the last day of Winter session of Rajya Sabha. The Movement is to be started again with the first mass gathering at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 25-

March-2012[8] and Anna Hazare to fast.[9] This fast will witness the starting of 2012 Indian anticorruption movement. Team Anna and Public of India is again ready to protest against corruption. In this regards thousands of volunteers are working in grassroot. Everybody attached with this movement is expecting the Indian Government to take some strong actions on corruption. The motto of this mass movement is only to create a big pressure among Government to take some strong decision related to demolishing corruption in India.

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1 Historical background 2 Re-launch of the movement o 2.1 Detail 3 References 4 External links 5 See also

Historical background
See also: 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, Corruption in India, and List of alleged scams in India "2012 Indian anti-corruption movement" is the successor of "2011 Indian anti-corruption movement". The Leader of this movement is a social activist named Anna Hazare. One of the main demands of Anna Hazare led team, popularly known as Team Anna is establishing strong and independent janlokpal, an anti-corruption legislation and enforcement body. On December 27, 2011, Lok Sabha, lower house of Indian parliament passed a controversial Lokpal Bill which was named under title of Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill 2011. The bill was dubbed by Team Anna as a Government Lokpal Bill and not the bill they wanted. Before passing this bill it was introduced in Lok Sabha with key amendments moved. It was debated for 10 hours in the lower house during which many opposition parties claimed that the bill was weak and asked the government to withdraw it. After few amendments the bill was adopted by lok sabha. However the bill got stuck in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament and could not get passed during the winter session of the parliament [10] After that government again reintroduced the bill in Rajya Sabha in February 2012 during the budget session of the Parliament, but the bill didn't come up for discussion and once again the session ended without lokpal bill being passed. Later Anna Hazare declared to start the movement again. As a mark of protest he decided to sit on hunger strike on 25 March 2012 for one day.[6]

Re-launch of the movement

The movement was relaunched by Anna Hazare and as mark of protest he sat on a token fast for one day at Jantar Mantar, Delhi. The following table summarizes the second Indian anticorruption campaign

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Date Anti-corruption Campaign Feb 25, Kiran Bedi in Amritsar alleged that the Congress party had cheated them by introducing a fractured bill in Parliament for curbing corruption. 2012 Anna Hazare described his three week health regime that he underwent at a retreat in a naturopathy resort in Bangalore that helped him overcome his ailments. Hazare was unwell since December and the fasting had obviously taken its toll. He was suffering from high blood pressure, osteoporosis, arthritis and general swelling of the body. During this course, he stopped all medications he was taking for his various conditions. Feb 28, Not only is septuagenarian hale and hearty but he lost almost 5 kg as well. He was discharged 10 days ago but has stuck his to all-fruits regime since he left the resort. 2012 However, he will go back to solid food after a while. Anna followed a very strict regime whereby he only ate fruits like apple, muskmelon, watermelon, date and papaya and drank coconut water, soy milk and fruit juice. Furthermore, to maintain his sugar level, he ate after every three hours. In the morning, he took a 4-km walk, combined with yoga. He also underwent deep tissue massages, acupuncture and Hydrotherapy.[11] Anna Hazare sat on a one day token fast. Justice Santosh Hegde also joined the March movement. Focus for the day was whistleblowers like Narendra Kumar and Satyendra 25, Dubey who lost their lives in fight against corruption.[12] People in India's major cities 2012 showed there support to this movement on March 25, 2012. May 1, Anna Hazare will start an agitation from Durg in Chhattisgarh from May 1, 2012.[13] He will visit 35 villages in Maharashtra to awaken people against corruption 2012 June 3, Anna Hazare was a one day fast along with Yoga guru Ramdev at Jantar Mantar.[14] There was a huge mass gathering in Jantar Mantar 2012 Team Anna members are on indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar.[15] Anna Hazare has joined this fast from 29 July 2012. Activists are protesting against the government's refusal an July 25, inquiry against the Prime Minister and 14 cabinet ministers, they have accused of 2012 corruption and Team Anna wants to action in this issue. Indians are closely associated with this movement. Anna Hazare and Team Anna broke their fast by drinking juice offered by ex-Army August chief, General VK Singh.[16] Team Anna's members Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant 3, Bhushan announced that they are forming a political party which will contest the 2012 elections while Anna Hazare himself remained out of it. Anna stated as the Government is not ready to enact Jan Lokpal Bill we have decided not to hold any more talks with it. The people have asked us to leave fast and give an August alternative. We are now stopping the activities of Team Anna and from today, there will 6, be no Team Anna or Team Anna Core Committee, he added. Later, at the end of the 2012 year, Anna Hazare along with Kiran Bedi started to form a new core committee for Janlokpal called as the phase 2 of their movement[17]

References

1. ^ a b c d MANU JOSEPH (August 17, 2011). "India's Selective Rage Over Corruption". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 2. ^ a b c d e Anupama Jha (Jul 1, 2010). "India's poor most subjected to corruption Transparency International". Reuters. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 3. ^ "Anna Hazare lacks scientific ideas to end corruption: Justice Katju". The Times Of India. 24 March 2012. 4. ^ Nelson, Dean (16 Mar 2011). "Indian politicians 'bought votes with cash tucked inside newspapers'". The Telegraph (London). 5. ^ Leah Hyslop and AFP (03 Jun 2010). "Red tape in India causes problems for expats". London: The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 6. ^ a b Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare defers fast to Mar 25 7. ^ Choudhury, Chandrahas (22 June 2011), Indians Divide Over Policing a Watchdog: World View, bloomberg.com, retrieved 25 August 2011 8. ^ "Anna's Fast on 25-March-2012". 9. ^ "Anna Hazare to fast on 25-March-2012". 10. ^ No vote on Lokpal, Rajya Sabha adjourns abruptly 11. ^ Anna Hazares fitness secret: Naturopathy - Read Health Related Blogs, Articles & News on Exercise at Health.India.com 12. ^ Anna Hazare to protest at Jantar Mantar on March 25 - Politics News - IBNLive 13. ^ Anna, Ramdev joint protest fast on June 3 - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive 14. ^ Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev to fast on June 3 | NDTV.com 15. ^ Team Anna to indefinite fast from 25-July-2012, Anna joining on 29 July 2012 16. ^ "India Against Corruption: Team Anna breaks fast, to form party for 'cleaning system'". The Times Of India. 3 August 2012. 17. ^ "Anna Hazare disbands Team Anna". 6 August 2012.

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See also

Team Anna 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement Anna Hazare Arvind Kejriwal Kiran Bedi Manish Sisodia Jan Lokpal Bill The Lokpal Bill, 2011 [hide]

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