Anna Hazare threatens 'jail bharo
Stepping up pressure, Anna Hazare today announced a new agitation of filling up jails
(jail bharo) from January 1 if Parliament does not pass a strong Lokpal law, amid
indications that it is unlikely to be done before the scheduled conclusion of the
current winter session.
"All those people attached with this movement and who feel strongly about the Jan
Lokpal bill will take part in the jail bharo andolan from Jan 1," he said. "We will
fill jails all over the country."
Social activist Anna Hazare, who has threatened to go on an indefinite fast from
December 27 if the Lokpal Bill is not passed during the winter session of Parliament,
has also planned a jail bharo andolan from January 1. Members of India Against Corruption
would stage dharnas outside the residences of MPs who opposed the Jan Lokpal Bill in
Parliament, he said on Thursday. If the Bill was passed then, they would present flowers,
among others, to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi. If
not, Mr. Hazare would protest outside their residences.
"All those people attached with this movement and who feel strongly about the Jan Lokpal
bill will participate in the jail bharo andolan. We will fill jails all over the country,
" he told reporters here.
India Against Corruption (IAC) is a citizen’s movement to demand strong anti-corruption
laws. Lokpal bills were introduced several times since 1968, yet they were never passed
by the Indian Parliament. After a fast by veteran social activist Anna Hazare and widespread
protests by citizens across India the Government of India constituted a 10-member Joint
Committee of ministers and civil society activists to draft an effective Jan Lokpal Bil
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