Anna Hazare Erudication of Corruption

8/17/2019 Anna Hazare Erudication of Corruption

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1. Introduction2. Early Life3. Condition of Ralegan Siddhi4. Initiative of Anna a!are". #hrashtachar $irodhi %an Aandolan&. Rite of Infor'ation Act

(. Regulation of )ransfers and *revention of +elay in

+ischarge of ,fficial +uties Act

-. Lo /al 0ove'ent. unger Stri es

1 . Salient eatures of %an Lo /al11. #i liogra/hy

Introduction


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India li eralised its econo'y in 1 15 drastically reducing ta6 rates5 tariffs5 and detailed 'icro7

control of econo'ic activity. )his o/ened u/ sectors reserved for the /u lic sector5 including to

foreign co'/anies. )hese changes 8ere e6/ected to ring an end to the corru/tion that /lagued

India5 /articularly since the 1 ( s. 9et5 in 2 115 t8o decades after li eralisation5 an econo'ically

resurgent India faced a crisis of governance. Sca's and scandals do'inated the headlines. A

ca inet 'inister 8as :ailed after resigning on charges of corru/tion /ertaining to the allocation of

a teleco''unication s/ectru'5 8hile others :ailed in the sa'e case included a 'e' er of

/arlia'ent ;8hose father 8as chief 'inister of a 'a:or state 8hen she 8as incarcerated


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li elihood of ri ery in govern'ent contracts5 as /erceived y co'/anies5 India 8as ran ed 1

a'ong the 2- largest econo'ies5 that is5 'ore corru/t than #ra!il ;14< and South Africa ;1"< ut

less corru/t than China ;2(< and Russia ;2-


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ANNA HAZARE LIFE HISTORY

Anna a!are 8as orn on 1" th %anuary 1 3( in a village y the na'e of #hingar in Ah'ada ad

district of 0aharashtra. is original na'e is @isan #a/at #a urao a!are. is father na'e 8as

#a urao a!are and his 'other na'e 8as La6'i #ai. e has t8o sisters. is /arents 8ere very

/oor. )herefore5 he 8as rought u/ y his childless aunt. e got education for vii standard then

he leaves his education due to /overty and starting selling flo8ers to earn his livelihood. )hough

Anna a!are 8as orn in #hingar village ut later on as his native village he stays in Ralegan

Siddhi in Ah'adnagar district of 0aharashtra. It is only ecause during the irth of Anna a!are

his father as an uns illed la ourer5 8or ed in #hingar ut later he shifted his ase to Ralegan

siddhi. 1

As a teenager Anna ha!are sold flo8ers at dadar rail8ay station.he slaved and saved

enough 'oney to eco'e the o8ner of t8o sho/s ut he 8as not satisfied and :oined the ar'y as

a truc driver in 1 &3. 2 In 1 &" during *a istan India 8ar Anna a!are 8as /osted at the

@he' aran #order. ,n 12 Nov5 1 &" in an air attac fro' *a istan side all of Anna a!are

co'rades 8ere illed. e 8as the only survival. +uring his service in ar'y he /osted several

stations li e Si i'5 #hutan5 %a''u7@ash'ir5 Assa'5 0i!ora'5 Leh and Lada h. he served in

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ar'y for al'ost 1" years then he voluntary retired fro' ar'y in 1 (-. At the ti'e of leaving the

services he 8as ran ed as se/oy in the th 0aratha #attalion .3

hen Anna 8as in Ar'y five 'edals 8ere notified to hi'B 7

1. Sainya Seva 0edal5 2. Nine 9ears Long Service 0edal5 3. Sangra' 0edal5

4. 2"th Inde/endent Anniversary 0edal ". *aschi'i Star. 4

At one ti'e5 Anna a!are 8as so 'uch frustrated that he tried to co''it suicide. e 8as in

search of the ans8er of the uestion of very e6istence of the hu'an life. #efore suicide he 8rites

do8n a letter of t8o /ages that 8hy he 8as not interested in life no 'ore. e 8as survived.

ortunately for hi'5 ins/iration ca'e fro' the 'ost une6/ected uarters D at the oo stall of

the rail8ay station of Ne8 +elhi5 8here he 8as located then. e ca'e across a oo of S8a'i

$ive ananda and i''ediately ought it. "

e 8as ins/ired y $ive ananda=s /hotogra/h on the cover. As he started reading the

oo 5 he found ans8ers to all his uestions5 he says. )he oo revealed to hi' that the ulti'ate

'otive of hu'an life should e service to hu'anity. Striving for the etter'ent of co''on

/eo/le is e uivalent to offering a /rayer to the ?od5 he reali!ed. &

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At that ti'e5 he 8as 2& years old. e decided not to s/end his life 'erely for earning livelihood.

)hat=s the reason 8hy he /ledged to e a achelor. At that ti'e5 he served only three years in the

ar'y and 8as not eligi le to the /ension sche'e so he s/ends t8elve 'ore years in the ar'y in

order to e self7sufficient. )hen he voluntarily retired fro' ar'y and return ac to his native

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CONDITION OF RALEGAN SIDDHI

hen he 8as in ar'y he used to visit for t8o 'onths every year to Ralegan

Siddhi. In his native /lace the condition of far'ers 8as very 'isera le due to the 8ater scarcity.

Ralegan Siddhi falls in the drought7/rone area 8ith a 'ere 4 to " '' of annual rainfall.

)here 8ere no 8eirs to retain rain8ater. +uring the 'onth of A/ril and 0ay5 8ater tan ers 8ere

the only 'eans of drin ing 8ater. Al'ost - /er cent of the villagers 8ere de/endent on other

villages for food grains. Residents used to 8al for 'ore than four to si6 ilo'eters in search of

8or and so'e of the' had o/ted to o/en country li uor dens as a source of inco'e. )here 8ere

3 73" li uor sho/s in the village. 0orality had reached such a nadir that so'e of the residents

stole 8ooden logs of the te'/le of the village deity 9adav a a to urn the choolah of one of the

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INITIATIVES OF ANNA HAZARE

e gathered so'e li e7'inded youths and organi!ed a )arun 0andal= or 9outh

Association to 8or to8ards re uilding the village. Alcoholis' 8as a 'a:or /ro le' affecting

the 'en and the 0andal hel/ed to close do8n over thirty li uor re8eries. ollo8ed their

success in controlling alcoholis'5 the youths also decided to an the sale of other into6icating

and dangerous su stances li e to acco and cigarettes5 8hich are no8 no longer sold there.

In a id to increase literacy in the Ralegan Siddhi area he hel/ed to start

a /re7school in 1 (&. Encouraged y the res/onse the 0andal 8ent on to uild a high school in

1 ( .)he village 8as also short of food grains to feed its /o/ulation and a!are started a ?rain

an in 1 - to solve this /ro le'. )he far'ers 8ith sur/lus grains 8ould donate grains to the

an 8hich the far'ers in need 8ould orro8. )he orro8ing far'ers 8ould return the grains

along 8ith an e6tra a'ount as interest 8hen they could afford it. 1

e advised the /eo/le on ho8 to i'/rove irrigation facilities in the village and encouraged

the' to gro8 /ulses and oilseeds 8hich had lo8er 8ater re uire'ents. e hel/ed the far'ers in

not :ust his o8n village5 ut also in ( other villages to i'/rove their cro//ing /atterns. >nder

a!are=s 'oral leadershi/5 the /eo/le of his village learned to shun traditional evil /ractices li e

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untoucha ility and caste discri'ination. In this village5 the dalits or the so7called lo8er castes5

for' an integral /art of the socio7econo'ic life of the villagers. e 8on *ad'a #hushan A8ard

fro' ?overn'ent of India in 1 2 for these achieve'ents. 11

Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Aando an

+uring the ti'e /eriod of all the develo/'ental 8or underta en in Ralegan Siddhi

Anna a!are noticed that all 8or gets o structed due to corru/tion. )hen and there Anna

thought to get rid of corru/tion and too his ne6t lea/. A ste/ eyond his native village and

e6tended to 0aharashtra state .12

Anna a!are started a ne8 'ove'ent na'ed #hrashtachar $irodhi %an Aandolan

;*eo/le=s 0ove'ent against Corru/tion< in 1 1.,ne after the other stir Anna continued against

corru/tion. In this conte6t he eca'e very vocal against the /olicies of govern'ent 8ho failed to

cur corru/tion as so'e of their authorities 8ere fully involved in the /revalent corru/tion. 13

In 1 15 8hen Sharad *a8ar 8as the Chief 0inister of 0aharashtra5 his organi!ation e6/osed a

sca' 8here 42 forest officers had du/ed the 0aharashtra govern'ent of crores of ru/ees. a!are

su 'itted evidence to the state Congress govern'ent in 1 1. hen the govern'ent did not ta e

action against the accused since a 'inister 8as also involved5 he returned his *ad'a Shri to the

*resident and also returned $ri sha 0itra A8ard given y the *ri'e 0inister Ra:iv ?andhi and

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8ent on indefinite fast at Alandi in *une district. inally5 the state govern'ent sus/ended the

accused officials and si6 0aharashtra Ca inet 'inisters 8ere forced to resign the sa'e year .14

In 0ay 1 ( a!are /rotested against alleged 'al/ractices in the /urchase of

/o8er loo's y the $asantrao Nai #hathya $i'u t %htra ?overnor *. C. Ale6ander. ,n 4

Nove' er 1 ( ?hola/ filed a defa'ation suit against a!are for accusing hi' of corru/tion.

e 8as arrested in A/ril 1 - and 8as released on a /ersonal ond of IN R"5 . ,n

Se/te' er 1 - a!are 8as i'/risoned in the 9era8ada %ail to serve a three7'onth sentence

'andated y the 0u' ai 0etro/olitan Court. )he sentencing caused leaders of all /olitical

/arties e6ce/t the #%* and the Shiv Sena ca'e in su//ort of hi'. Later5 due to /u lic /rotests5

the ?overn'ent of 0aharashtra ordered his release fro' the :ail. After release5 a!are 8rote a

letter to then chief 'inister 0anohar %oshi de'anding ?hola/Fs re'oval for his role in alleged

'al/ractices in the A8a'i 0erchant #an . ?hola/ resigned fro' the ca inet on 2( A/ril 1 . 1"

In 2 3 corru/tion charges 8ere raised y a!are against four NC* 'inisters of the Congress7

NC* govern'ent. e started his fast unto death on August 2 3. e ended his fast on 1(

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August 2 3 after then chief 'inister Sushil @u'ar Shinde for'ed a one7'an co''ission

headed y the

retired :ustice *. #. Sa8ant to /ro e his charges. )he *. #. Sa8ant co''ission re/ort5 su 'itted

on 23 e ruary 2 "5 indicted Sureshdada %ain5 Na8a 0ali 5 and *ad'asinh *atil. )he re/ort

e6onerated $i:ay u'ar ?avit. Suresh %ain and Na8a 0ali resigned fro' the ca inet in 0arch

2 ". 1&

Rit! to In"or#ation Act

In the 0aharashtra State5 a ca'/aign 8as started de'anding for the Right to

Infor'ation in 1 (. As *eo/les Re/resentatives and Civil Servants are /u lic servants and the

citi!ens of 0aharashtra are o8ners of the /u lic 'oney5 the citi!ens have the right to as the

/u lic servants ho8 and in 8hat 'anner they s/end the /u lic 'oney. e /ressed for legislating

an Act of Rite to Infor'ation. )he govern'ent 'ade 'any /ro'ises ut they failed to ee/ the

one. 1(

inally5 Anna a!are 8ent in fast unto death on Aug 5 2 3 at A!ad 0aidan5

0u' ai. e decided that unless the act is /assed y the ?overn'ent he 8ill not end his fast5

rather he 8ill sacrifice his life for /eo/le=s rite. ,n the 12 th day of his fast the ?overn'ent of

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0aharashtra got the ill signed y the A dul ala'5 /resident of india and enacted the la8 of

Rite to Infor'ation in 0aharashtra. )his Act has ena led the co''on 'an to see infor'ation.

)ill to7date5 the /eo/le have to o ey the la8sG 8hereas the govern'ent 'achinery controlled

everything. #ut y the advent

of this Act5 the ?overn'ent Agencies have to o ey the la8 and the /eo/le have got controlling

/o8er. )his la8 also served as the ase for national rite to infor'ation act 2 ". 1-

Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of OfficialDuties Act #efore 2 & in the state of 0aharashtra5 even honest govern'ent officers 8ere

transferred to other /laces according to 'inister=s 8ish. So'eti'es 8ithin 'onths of eing

/osted to a /lace5 8hereas so'e corru/t and favored officials 8ere co!y in their /ostings for

'any years in so'e cases even for 1 to 2 years and since there 8as not any guideline or la8

'any govern'ent officials 8ere reluctant to /rocess files that contained i'/ortant /u lic

/ro/osals and decisions. Anna fought hard for a la8 8here y a govern'ent servant 'ust clear a

file 8ithin a s/ecified ti'e and that transfers 'ust ta e /lace only after three years. After 'any

years of relentless efforts of Anna5 finally on 2" 0ay 2 & state govern'ent of 0aharashtra

issued a notification announcing that the e6ecution of the s/ecial act5 )he *revention of +elay in

+ischarge of ,fficial +uties Act 2 &5 ai'ed at cur ing the delay y its officers and e'/loyees

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in discharging their duties. )his act /rovides for disci/linary action against officials 8ho 'ove

files slo8ly and ena les 'onitoring officials 8ho stay too long in a /ost5 or in a de/art'ent5 and

for involve'ent in a corru/t ne6us. ithin this act5 it is 'andatory for the govern'ent to effect

transfers of all govern'ent officers and e'/loyees5 e6ce/t Class I$ 8or ers5 after the sti/ulated

three years. Act also /revents the govern'ent fro' effecting fre uent transfers of officers efore

the sti/ulated three7year tenure5 e6ce/t in case of e'ergency and under e6ce/tional

circu'stances.

0aharashtra is the first state in the country to have introduced such act. o8ever5 li e others5

this la8 has also not een follo8ed in its true s/irit .1

,n 21st Se/te' er 2 115 a tea' of t8o *a istani delegates na'ed Nasir Asla'

Hahid5 a retired Su/re'e Court :udge and /resently a 'e' er of the India 7 *a istan :udicial

co''ittee on /risonersF :ustice along 8ith @ara'at Ali5 trade union leader and /eace activist.

'et the Indian social activist Anna a!are at his native village5 Ralegan Siddhi. )he *a istani

delegates 8anted Anna to visit *a istan so that he 'ay guide the' to fight against corru/tion in

*a istan. )hey felt there is no Anna a!are in *a istan so they need Anna a!are fro' India.

Anna acce/ted the offer

ut it all de/ends u/on his health. 2

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In 2 115 Anna a!are led a 'ove'ent for /assing a stronger anti7corru/tion

Lo /al ;o' uds'an< ill in the Indian *arlia'ent. As a /art of this 'ove'ent5 N. Santosh

egde5 a for'er :ustice of the Su/re'e Court of India and Lo ayu ta of @arnata a5 *rashant

#hushan5 a senior la8yer in the Su/re'e Court along 8ith the 'e' ers of the India Against

Corru/tion 'ove'ent drafted an alternate ill5 na'ed as the %an Lo /al #ill ;*eo/le=s

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in this 'ove'ent. 0any social activists including 0edha *at ar5 Arvind @e:ri8al and for'er

I*S officer @iran #edi have lent their su//ort to a!are=s hunger stri e and anti7corru/tion

ca'/aign.

)his 'ove'ent has also een :oined y 'any /eo/le /roviding their su//ort in

Internet social 'edia such as t8itter and face oo . In addition to s/iritual leaders S8a'i

Ra'dev5 S8a'i Agnivesh and for'er Indian cric eter @a/il +ev5 'any #olly8ood cele rities

li e She har @a/ur5 Siddharth Narayan5 Anu/a' @her5 0adhur #handar ar5 *ritish Nandy5

*riyan a Cho/ra5 *ra ash Ra:5 Aa'ir @han5 Chetan #hagat sho8ed their /u lic su//ort through

t8itter. As an outco'e of this 'ove'ent5 on & A/ril5 2 11 Sharad *a8ar resigned fro' the grou/

of 'inisters for'ed for revie8ing the draft Lo /al ill 2 1 .Anna a!are started his ast until

+eathJ at %antar 0antar5 Ne8 +elhi5 stating I 8ill fast until %an Lo /al #ill is /assedJ )he

'ove'ent gathered uite a significant a'ount of su//ort fro' India=s youth visi le through the

local su//ort and on social net8or ing sites li e ace oo and )8itter. 22

,n A/ril &5 2 115 Sharad *a8ar5 the >nion 0inister of Agriculture resigned fro' the grou/ of

'inisters for'ed for revie8ing the draft Lo /al #ill. *rotests s/read li e 8ildfire fro' the

Ra'lila 0aidan5 Ne8 +elhi to cities li e #angalore5 0u' ai5 Chennai5 Ah'eda ad5 ?u8ahati5

Shillong and 'any others. In the face of these /rotests5 the govern'ent decided to ta le the #ill

in the *arlia'ent in the forthco'ing 'onsoon session. inally5 on A/ril 5 2 115 the govern'ent

acce/ted the inclusion of civil society 'e' ers5 alongside 8ith the govern'ent officials in the

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#ill +rafting Co''ittee. In addition to this5 on 0ay 135 2 115 the *ri'e 0inister5 declared the

co'/letion of the ratification of the >N Convention against Corru/tion y the Indian

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H'NGER STRI$ES

,n :une-5 2 11 Anna a!are gave an ulti'atu' to the ?overn'ent that the %an Lo /al #ill

should e /assed y August 1"5 2 11. If not5 then he 8ould then egin another indefinite fast

fro' August 1&5 2 11. e la'ed that the ?overn'ent /utting hurdles in the drafting Lo /al ill

and trying to defa'e the 'e' ers of civil society. ,n the 'orning of the 1& August 2 115 Anna

a!are along 8ith his close associate 8as re'anded to :udicial custody and i'/risoned for seven

days after that. )his resulted the agitation and /rotest all over the India. In the face of the /rotest5

the +elhi *olice decided to release i' after one 8ea . ,ver the ne6t t8elve days he along 8ith

his follo8ers

launched and continued his hunger /rotest at the Ra'lila 0aidan of +elhi and he 8as su//orted

y the /eo/le of India fro' all 8al of life. 24

,n 2( August52 1& a de ate 8as held on the %an Lo /al #ill in the Indian

*arlia'ent. )his end the fast ut Anna a!are 'ade it very clear that he only sus/ended his

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stri e for ti'e eing and 8ould end it only after a strong Lo /al #ill 8as /assed y the

*arlia'ent. #efore the co''ence'ent of the 8inter session of the *arlia'ent on +ece' er 115

2 11 Anna a!are sat on a day7long fast at %antar 0antar5 Ne8 +elhi5 /rotesting against the

/ro/osals 'ade y the *arlia'entary Standing Co''ittee on the anti7graft 'easure. )he /rotest

for the first ti'e itnessed al'ost /oliticians sharing the stage 8ith the Anna )ea'. Leaders of

#%* and A ali +al shared the /latfor' 8ith hi'. Leader of this grou/ a//eared al'ost united on

the issues of ringing *ri'e 0inister5 lo8er ureaucracy and investigation 8ing of C#I under

the /ro/osed Lo /al. 2"

,n +ece' er 225 2 115 the *arlia'entary sessions in the Lo8er ouse ;Lo

Sa ha< 8itnessed de ates and reaches of o/inion regarding the Lo /al issue a'ong al'ost all

the /olitical /arties /resent. After these argu'ents and counter argu'ents5 the govern'ent

finally 8ithdre8 the Lo /al #ill introduced in August 2 11 and reintroduced )he Lo /al and

Lo ayu ta=s #ill 2 11= along 8ith the 11&th Constitutional A'end'ent #ill5 8hich also included

reservation for 'inorities and " /er cent reservation for Scheduled Castes5 Scheduled )ri es5

,ther #ac 8ard Classes and 8o'en. #ut Anna a!are 8as not ha//y 8ith that and he

challenged Congress chief Sonia ?andhi to a /u lic de ate on it to convince /eo/le that the

/ro/osed legislation is strong. e said the ne8 #ill is of no use if the anti7corru/tion o' uds'an

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does not have control over C#I and the lo8er ureaucracy is not rought under its direct control.

e said he 8ould go on a three7day hunger stri e fro' +ece' er 2(72 and 8ould launch :ail

haroJ struggle. 2&

)he #ill 8as reintroduced during the #udget session of the *arlia'ent in e ruary

2 125 ut it 8as not /rioritised and the session ended 8ithout the #ill eing /assed. >nder these

circu'stances5 Anna once again decided to sit on a day7long fast at %antar 0antar on 0arch 2"5

2 12. #la'ing the govern'ent for its insensitivity and carelessness5 he said that the dharna at

%antar 0antar 8ould see /rotection for 8histle lo8ers5 'any of 8ho' 8ere illed 8hile

e6/osing corru/tion cases. Again5 on 0ay 15 2 12 Anna egan his five78ee long tour of

0aharashtra to create a8areness for a strong lo ayu ta #ill. ro' %uly2 to 3 rd August he

continued his hunger stri e and 8hich 8as ro en on the /ro'ise to fight for trans/arency in the

syste'. 2(

In 0ay 2 125 the ill 8as referred to a Select Co''ittee of the Ra:ya Sa ha to try and develo/ a

consensus on the dis/uted issues. After the re/ort of the Select Co''ittee 8as su 'itted in

Nove' er 2 125 the ill 8as again ta en u/ in the Ra:ya Sa ha and /assed5 8ith several

a'end'ents5 on 1( +ece' er 2 13. )he a'ended ill 8as sent ac to the Lo Sa ha5 8hich

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/assed it on 1- +ece' er2 13. )he ill received the assent of the *resident on Ist %anuary 2 145

there y eco'ing the LKl Act of 2 14. 2-

Sa i!nt F!atur!s o" Jan Lo()a

)he LKL Act 2 14 /rovides for setting u/ a ody called the Lo /al at center

level to have co'/laints of corru/tion against various categories of /u lic servants en uired into5

investigated and /rosecuted as 8arranted. )he 'a es it 'andatory for states to set u/

Lo ayu atas 8ithin one year of the /assage of ti'e ut the ty/e and nature of the Lo ayu atas

is left to the discretion of the state legislature. 2

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