The fast unto death undertaken by the noted social activist Anna Hazare ,to persuade the Indian government to introduce Jan Lokpal Bill instead of powerless Lokpal Bill drafted by group of Ministers (GoM),has entered 4th day.He has received a tremendous support of the common people from all walks of life ,with people staging protests and taking out rallies in support of his demand for introduction of Jan Lokpal Bill drafted by a panel of judicial experts , social activists,like Lokayukta of Karnataka Mr. Santosh Hegde and well known legal expert Mr. Prashant Bhushan and india’s first woman IPS Mrs. Kiran Bedi. Anna Hazare and his supporters notably the RTI activist Arun Kejrival and Swami Agnivesh have been insisting to set up a committee consisting of fifty percent of members from civil society consisting of experts from various fields and NGO’s, so that common man can have an active role in drafting of the Lokpal Bill.
The Lokpal Bill in its present form drafted by Group of Ministers (GoM) on corruption is a toothless tiger with no real powers to either control corruption nor curb corruption. Some of the main proposals of the Lokpal bill as drafted by the GoM are:
