{"id":12182,"date":"2011-04-10T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/who-is-anna-hazare\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T17:23:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T17:23:15","slug":"who-is-anna-hazare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/who-is-anna-hazare\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Anna Hazare?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a3.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div lang=\"EN-US\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><b>1. Who is Anna Hazare?<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">\n<div>\n<div>An ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>\n<b>2. What&#8217;s so special about him?<\/b>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district,&nbsp;Maharashtra&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">3. So what?<\/b><br \/>\nThis village is a self-sustained&nbsp;model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills.<\/div>\n<p>In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest village in&nbsp;India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-friendly &amp; harmonic village.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">4. Ok,&#8230;?<\/b>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>This guy, Anna Hazare was awarded&nbsp;Padma Bhushan&nbsp;and is a known figure for his social activities.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">5. Really, what is he fighting for?<\/b>&nbsp;<br \/>\nHe is supporting a cause, the amendment of a law to curb&nbsp;corruption in India.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">6. How that can be possible?<\/b>&nbsp;<br \/>\nHe is advocating for a Bil, The Lok Pal Bill (The Citizen Ombudsman Bill), that will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians (ministers), beurocrats (IAS\/IPS) accountable for their deeds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>8. It&#8217;s an entirely new thing right..?<\/b>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn 1972, the bill was proposed by then Law minister Mr.&nbsp;<b>Shanti Bhushan<\/b>. Since then it has been neglected by the politicians and some are trying to change the bill to suit thier theft (corruption).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>7. Oh.. He is going on a hunger strike for that whole thing of passing a Bill ! How can that be possible in such a short span of time?<\/b>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe first thing he is asking for is: the government should come forward and announce that the bill is going to be passed.&nbsp;<br \/>\nNext, they make a&nbsp;joint committee&nbsp;to DRAFT the LOK PAL BILL. 50% goverment participation and 50% public participation. Because you cant trust the government entirely for making such a bill which does not suit them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>8. Fine, What will happen when this bill is passed?<\/b>&nbsp;<br \/>\nA LokPal will be appointed at the centre. He will have an autonomous charge, say like the&nbsp;Election Commission of India. In each and every state, Lokayukta will be appointed. The job is to bring all alleged party to trial in case of corruptions within 1 year. Within 2 years, the guilty will be punished. Not like,&nbsp;Bofors&nbsp;scam or Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, that has been going for last 25 years without any result.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>9. Is he alone? Whoelse is there in the fight with Anna Hazare?<\/b>&nbsp;<br \/>\nBaba Ramdev, Ex. IPS&nbsp;Kiran Bedi, Social Activist&nbsp;Swami Agnivesh, RTI activist&nbsp;Arvind Kejriwal&nbsp;and many more.&nbsp;&nbsp;Prominent personalities like&nbsp;Aamir Khan&nbsp;is supporting his cause.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>10. Ok, got it. What can I do?<\/b>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAt least we can spread the message. How?&nbsp;<br \/>\nPutting status message, links, video, changing profile pics.&nbsp;<br \/>\nAt least we can support Anna Hazare and the cause for uprooting corruption from India.&nbsp;<br \/>\nAt least we can hope that his&nbsp;Hunger Strike&nbsp;does not go in vain.&nbsp;<br \/>\nAt least we can pray for his good health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<b><i>SUBMITEED BY &nbsp;K.S.Anand<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Who is Anna Hazare? An ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War&nbsp; 2. What&#8217;s so special about him?&nbsp; He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district,&nbsp;Maharashtra&nbsp; 3. So what? This village is a self-sustained&nbsp;model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills. In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest village in&nbsp;India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-friendly &amp; harmonic village.&nbsp; 4. Ok,&#8230;?&nbsp; This guy, Anna Hazare was awarded&nbsp;Padma Bhushan&nbsp;and is a known figure for his social activities.&nbsp; 5. 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