5. Anti corruption movements
Gandhian activist Anna Hazare (Kishan Baburao Hazare), a former army truck driver, launched the anti-corruption movement by sitting on indefinite hunger strike on April 5, 2011.
He sat on fast for four days, after which the Centre gave in and agreed to form a joint committee to go into the Jan Lokpal Bill demanded by Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Kiran Bedi and others, who called themselves members of civil society.
Thousands of people wearing caps "I am Anna" joined his movement.
The joint committee failed to agree on the proposals put by Hazare due to the intransigent attitude of the Centre. Hazare decided to sit on indefinite fast from August 16 the same year.
He was arrested and taken to Tihar jail, where he began his fast.
Amidst public outcry, the government released him and allowed him to sit on fast in Ramlila Maidan.
Hazare continued his fast in Ramlila Maida from August 20 till 28, when the Parliament passed and sent him a resolution expressing its resolve to pass the Lokpal Bill.
On December 7, 2011, Hazare again sat on indefinite fast in Mumbai, but called it off after a lukewarm response and because of failing health.
The next year, his close associate Arvind Kejriwal sat on indefinite fast, but he too called it off as the Centre refused to respond.
Kejriwal and his associates then decided to join politics and floated the Aam Aadmi Party.
In 2013, Hazare sat on fast in Ralegan Siddhi, and this time both Houses of Parliament immediately passed the Lokpal Bill, a pale imitation of the earlier Jan Lokpal Bill.
