Anna Hazare determined on fast from 5th April 2011

Veteran social-activist Anna Hazare has been practical enough by turning down gimmick but ?charming? offer of talks with Group of Ministers on his persistent demand to have a stringent Lokpal Bill like the one drafted by known legal luminaries and jurists including Prashant Bushan and Santosh Hegde etc. It is an unholy system in our democracy controlled by corrupt breed of politicians that real reforms are deferred in name of discussions.

Instead of gaining time in name of discussion for not bringing some really effective Lokpal Bill, Union government should take the bill drafted by Santosh Hegde and others for study leaving aside the toothless bill drafted by its bureaucrats. Any change in the bill drafted by civil society can then be discussed with civil-society. This is the exact procedure which was adopted before introducing RTI Act which has become the most popular and effective post-independence Act even having become a role-model for other countries to follow.