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Anna Hazare's hunger strike at Jantar Mantar inNew Delhi, on the second day of his fast
Main article: Jan Lokpal Bill
The Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's Ombudsman Bill) is a draft anti-corruption bill drawn up by prominent civil
society activists seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body that would investigate
corruption cases, complete the investigation within a year and envisages trial in the case getting over in
the next one year.
Drafted by Justice Santosh Hegde (former Supreme Court Judge and former Lokayukta of Karnataka),
Prashant Bhushan (Supreme Court Lawyer) and Arvind Kejriwal(RTI activist), the draft Bill envisages a
system where a corrupt person found guilty would go to jail within two years of the complaint being made
and his ill-gotten wealth being confiscated. It also seeks power to the Jan Lokpal to prosecute politicians
and bureaucrats without government permission.
Retired IPS officer Kiran Bedi and other known people like Swami Agnivesh, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Anna
Hazare and Mallika Sarabhai are also part of the movement, called India Against Corruption. Its website
describes the movement as "an expression of collective anger of people of India against corruption. Wehave all come together to force/request/persuade/pressurize the Government to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill.
We feel that if this Bil l were enacted it would create an effective deterrence against corruption."
Anna Hazare, anti-corruption crusader, began a fast-unto-death, demanding that this bill, drafted by the
civil society, be adopted. The website of the India Against Corruption movement calls the Lokpal Bill of
the government an "eyewash" and has on it a critique of that government bill. It also lists the difference
between the bills drafted by the government and civil society.
Features of the Jan Lokpal Bill:
1. An institution called Lokpal at the centre and Lokayukta in each state will be set up
2. Like Supreme Court and Election Commission, they will be completely independent of thegovernments. No minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations.
3. Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore: Investigations in any case will
have to be completed in one year. Trial should be completed in next one year so that the corrupt
politician, officer or judge is sent to jail within two years.
4. The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be recovered at the time of
5. How will it help a common citizen: If any work of any citizen is not done in prescribed time in any
government office, Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers, which will be given as
compensation to the complainant.
6. So, you could approach Lokpal if your ration card or passport or voter card is not being made or if
police is not registering your case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time. Lokpal
will have to get it done in a month's time. You could also report any case of corruption to Lokpallike ration being siphoned off, poor quality roads been constructed or panchayat funds being
siphoned off. Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, trial will be over in next one
year and the guilty will go to jail within two years.
7. But won't the government appoint corrupt and weak people as Lokpal members? That won't be
possible because its members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities
and not by politicians, through a completely transparent and participatory process.
8. What if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt? The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will
be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and
the officer dismissed within two months.
9. What will happen to existing anti-corruption agencies? CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-
corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and
machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.
10. It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising
their voice against corruption.
Fundamental duties
1. To judge the cases and make jurisdictions against corruption cases with the Lokpal.
2. To judge whether a case is legal or whether a fake complaint has been made.
3. To potentially impose fines on a fake complaint, or even a short span of jail time, if the case is not
proved to be legally true.
Anna Hazare, a Gandhian rights activist, had started a fast unto death at Jantar Mantar in New
Delhi demanding the passing of the bill. Hazare called off his hunger strike on the 9th of April 2011
bringing to an end his 98-hour protest after the government issued a gazette notification constituting a 10-
member Joint Committee of government ministers and civil society activists, including him, to draft a bill
for the creation of an effective Lokpal. Thousands of people from all over India, especially the youth,
supported Anna Hazare's cause by candle light marches and online campaigns through social media.
Recently yoga guru, Swami Ramdev, was on a fast for this cause for 9 days from 4 to 12 June 2011. He
wanted the Government of India to accept various demands which mainly included those related to the
Lokpall Bill.
Anna Hazare on the 8th of June, 2011, declared that he will restart his fast unto death on the 16th ofAugust if the Lokpal bill is not passed by the Parliament of India by 15 August, which is the Independence
Day of India.[3]
On the 16th of June, the civil society reported that only 15 points of total 71 that they
recommended have been agreed to by the Joint Committee consisting of five central ministers. Following
differences with the Civil Society, the team of five central ministers decided to forward two drafts of the
Lokpal Bill to the Cabinet, one from each side. Anticipating some sort of police action against his fast
intended on August 16, social activist Anna Hazare said he would move the Supreme Court to prevent
any situation similar to the police crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his supporters at Ramlila Maidan.