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[[ચિત્ર:Anna Hazare on 2nd day.jpg|thumb|300px|અણ્ણા હઝારે દ્વારા [[દિલ્લી]] ખાતે જંતરમંતર પર ચાલતી ભૂખ હડતાલ]]
૫ મી એપ્રિલ ૨૦૧૧ના રોજ અણ્ણા હઝારે એ ભ્રષ્ટાચાર વિરુદ્ધ સંસદમાં [[લોકપાલ]]નો ખરડો લાવવા ફરી લડત શરૂ કરી. આ લડતના સહભાગી એવા [[સંતોષ હેગડે]] કે જેઓ ઉચ્ચતમ ન્યાયાલય(સુપ્રિમ કોર્ટ) ના નિવૃત્ત ન્યાયધિશ અને [[કર્ણાટક]]ના લોકાયુક્ત છે તથા [[પ્રશાંત ભૂષણ]]કે જેઓ એક ઉચ્ચતમ ન્યાયાલયના એક અનુભવી વકીલ છે તથા [[ઇન્ડિયા અગેન્સ્ટ કરપ્શન]]ના સભ્ય પણ છે તેઓએ મળી ને [[જન લોકપાલ બીલ]]નો ડ્રફ્ટઢાંચો તૈયાર કર્યો.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/29/stories/2011032963791300.htm|title=અણ્ણા હઝારે faults Lokpal Bill|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 March 2011|last=Deshpande|first=Vinaya|accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref>પ્રધાનમંત્રી મનમોહન સિઘએ જ્યારે તેમની માંગોનો અસ્વિકાર કર્યો ત્યારે શ્રીહઝારે એ લોકાયુક્તની માંગ અને સરકાર અને લોકોના પ્રતિનીધિની સંયુક્ત ભાગીદારીથી વધુ સજ્જ અને કઠોર લોકાયુક્ત અને લોકપાલનો ઢાંચો બનાવવા આમરણાંત ઉપવાસની શરૂઆત ૫ ઍપ્રિલ ૨૦૧૧ના રોજ જંતર-મંતર, દિલ્હિ ખાતે કરી. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/anna-Hazare-to-start-fast-unto-death-for-strong-Lokpal-Bill/Article1-681415.aspx|title=અણ્ણાહઝારે to start fast unto death for strong Lokpal Bil|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=5 April 2011|accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> આ ઉપવાસની શરત તેઓ એ એવી રાખી કે "જ્યાં સુધી લોકપાલ બીલ પાસ નહિં થાય ત્યાં સુધી હું ઉપવાસ કરીશ".<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12994855|title=India activist અણ્ણા હઝારેanti-graft fast stokes anger|publisher=BBC|date=7 April 2011|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref>
આ ચળવળે બહોળા પ્રમાણમાં વર્તમાન પત્રો અને અન્ય મિડિયાનું ધ્યાન ખેંચ્યું અને હજારો લોકોએ તેમનું સમર્થન દર્શાવ્યું અને લગભગ ૧૫૦ લોકો તેમની સાથે ઉપવાસ માં જોડાણા.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/anna-hazares-antigraft-campaign-gathers-steam/148396-3.html|title=Thousands join અણ્ણા હઝારે's anti-graft fight|tv=[[IBN Live]]|date=6 April 2011|accessdate=6 April 2011}}</ref> He said that he would not allow any politician to sit with him in this movement. Politicians like [[Uma Bharti]] and [[Om Prakash Chautala]] were shooed away by protesters when they came to visit the site where the protest was taking place.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/uma-bharti-chautala-heckled-at-hazare-protest-96854|title=Uma Bharti, Chautala heckled at હઝારે protest|date=6 April 2011|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref>આ ઉપરાંત [[મેઘા પાટકર]], [[અરવિંદ કેજરીવાલ]] , [[કિરણ બેદી]] અને [[જયપ્રકાશ નારાયણ]] જેવા અનેક સમાજ સેવકો પણ તેમની સાથે આ ચળવળમાં જોડાણા. ઉપરાંત [[ફેઇસબુક]], [[ટ્વિટર]] વગેરે જેવા લોક માધ્યમ પર પણ આ ચળવળને ખુબ મોટો પ્રતિસાદ મળ્યો. અનેક આધ્યાત્મિક હસ્તિઓ જેવા કે [[શ્રી શ્રી રવિશંકર]], [[બાબા રામદેવ]], [[સ્વામી અજ્ઞિવેશ]] અને [[કપિલદેવ]] જેવી રમત-ગમતની હસ્તીઓ એ પણ પોતાનો ટેકો નોંધાવ્યો.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1606249.ece|title=Support pours in for Hazare's movement}}</ref> many celebrities showed their public support through micro-blogging site [[Twitter]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bollywood supports અણ્ણાહઝારે|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/news/bollywood/bollywood-extends-support-to-anna-hazare/40029/story.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=DTN+Bollywood%3A|accessdate=6 April 2011|newspaper=nowrunning|date=6 April 2011}}</ref>આવા પ્રચંડ પ્રતિસાદને પગલે ૬ ઍપ્રિલ ૨૦૧૧ના રોજ [[શરદ પવાર]]એ લોકપાલ બીલની સરકારના નેતાઓની નિરીક્ષણ સમિતિમાંથી રાજીનામું આપ્યું. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sharad-Pawar-quits-corruption-panel-as-support-for-Anna-Hazare-grows/articleshow/7888120.cms|title=Sharad Pawar quits corruption panel as support for અણ્ણા હઝારે grows}}</ref><ref>[http://digitalanalog.in/2011/04/07/anna-hazare-fight-against-corruption-has-taken-a-social-media-turn/ Anna હઝારે Fight Against Corruption Has Taken A Social Media Turn]. Digitalanalog.in (7 April 2011). Retrieved on 7 April 2011.</ref> There have also been protests in [[Bangalore]], [[Mumbai]], [[Chennai]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Guwahati]], [[Shillong]], [[Aizawl]] among other cities of India.<ref name="Northeast support to Hazare's">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Northeast-support-to-Hazares/articleshow/7921183.cms|title=Northeast support to હઝારે's|coauthors=TNN|date=9 April 2011|publisher=Times of India|language=English|accessdate=9 April 2011|location=GUWAHATI/ SHILLONG/ AIZAWL}}</ref>
As a part of this movement, [[N. Santosh Hegde]], a former justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and Lokayukta of [[Karnataka]], [[Prashant Bhushan]], a senior lawyer in the Supreme Court along with the members of the [[India Against Corruption]] movement drafted an alternate bill, named as the [[Jan Lokpal Bill]] (People's Ombudsman Bill) with more stringent provisions and wider power to the ''Lokpal'' (Ombudsman).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/29/stories/2011032963791300.htm|title=અણ્ણા હઝારે faults Lokpal Bill|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 March 2011|last=Deshpande|first=Vinaya|accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> હઝારે began a fast unto death from 5 April 2011 at [[Jantar Mantar]] in [[Delhi]], to press for the demand to form a joint committee of the representatives of the Government and the civil society to draft a new bill with stronger penal actions and more independence to the ''Lokpal'' and ''Lokayukta''s (Ombudsmen in the states), after his demand was rejected by the [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Manmohan Singh]] <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/anna-Hazare-to-start-fast-unto-death-for-strong-Lokpal-Bill/Article1-681415.aspx|title=અણ્ણાહઝારે to start fast unto death for strong Lokpal Bil|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=5 April 2011|accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> Before commencing his 'fast unto death' he stated, "I will fast until Jan Lokpal Bill is passed".<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12994855|title=India activist અણ્ણા હઝારેanti-graft fast stokes anger|publisher=BBC|date=7 April 2011|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref>
The movement attracted attention very quickly through various media. It has been reported that thousands of people joined to support હઝારે's effort. Almost 150 people reportedly joined હઝારે in his fast.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/anna-hazares-antigraft-campaign-gathers-steam/148396-3.html|title=Thousands join અણ્ણા હઝારે's anti-graft fight|tv=[[IBN Live]]|date=6 April 2011|accessdate=6 April 2011}}</ref> He said that he would not allow any politician to sit with him in this movement. Politicians like [[Uma Bharti]] and [[Om Prakash Chautala]] were shooed away by protesters when they came to visit the site where the protest was taking place.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/uma-bharti-chautala-heckled-at-hazare-protest-96854|title=Uma Bharti, Chautala heckled at હઝારે protest|date=6 April 2011|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> A number of social activists including [[Medha Patkar]], [[Arvind Kejriwal]] and former [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer [[Kiran Bedi]] and [[Jayaprakash Narayan (Lok Satta)|Jayaprakash Narayan]] have lent their support to હઝારે's hunger strike and anti-corruption campaign. This movement has also been joined by many people providing their support in Internet social media such as twitter and facebook. In addition to spiritual leaders [[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]], [[Swami Ramdev]], [[Swami Agnivesh]] and former Indian cricketer [[Kapil Dev]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1606249.ece|title=Support pours in for Hazare's movement}}</ref> many celebrities showed their public support through micro-blogging site [[Twitter]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bollywood supports અણ્ણાહઝારે|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/news/bollywood/bollywood-extends-support-to-anna-hazare/40029/story.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=DTN+Bollywood%3A|accessdate=6 April 2011|newspaper=nowrunning|date=6 April 2011}}</ref> As a result of this movement, on 6 April 2011 [[Sharad Pawar]] resigned from the ''group of ministers'' formed for reviewing the draft Lokpal bill 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sharad-Pawar-quits-corruption-panel-as-support-for-Anna-Hazare-grows/articleshow/7888120.cms|title=Sharad Pawar quits corruption panel as support for અણ્ણા હઝારે grows}}</ref>
{{wikinews|Indian activist begins "fast-unto-death" hunger strike to end corruption}}
The movement gathered significant support from India's youth visible through the local support and on social networking sites like [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].<ref>[http://digitalanalog.in/2011/04/07/anna-hazare-fight-against-corruption-has-taken-a-social-media-turn/ Anna હઝારે Fight Against Corruption Has Taken A Social Media Turn]. Digitalanalog.in (7 April 2011). Retrieved on 7 April 2011.</ref> There have also been protests in [[Bangalore]], [[Mumbai]], [[Chennai]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Guwahati]], [[Shillong]], [[Aizawl]] among other cities of India.<ref name="Northeast support to Hazare's">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Northeast-support-to-Hazares/articleshow/7921183.cms|title=Northeast support to હઝારે's|coauthors=TNN|date=9 April 2011|publisher=Times of India|language=English|accessdate=9 April 2011|location=GUWAHATI/ SHILLONG/ AIZAWL}}</ref>
On 8 April 2011, the [[Government of India]] accepted all demands of the movement. On 9 April 2011 it issued a notification in the [[The Gazette of India|Gazette of India]] on formation of a joint committee. It accepted the formula that there be a politician Chairman and an activist, non-politician Co-Chairman. According to the notification, [[Pranab Mukherjee]] will be the Chairman of the draft committee while [[Shanti Bhushan]] will be the co-chairman. “The Joint Drafting Committee shall consist of five nominee ministers of the Government of India and five nominees of the civil society. The five nominee Ministers of the Government of India are Pranab Mukherjee, Union Minister of Finance, [[P. Chidambaram]], Union Minister of Home Affairs, [[M. Veerappa Moily]], Union Minister of Law and Justice, [[Kapil Sibal]], Union Minister of Human Resource and Development and Minister of Communication and Information Technology and [[Salman Khursheed]], Union Minister of Water Resources and Minister of Minority Affairs. The five nominees of the civil society are અણ્ણા હઝારે, [[N. Santosh Hegde]], [[Shanti Bhushan]] Senior Advocate, [[Prashant Bhushan]], Advocate and [[Arvind Kejriwal]].<ref name="GOVERNMENT ISSUES NOTIFICATION TO CONSTITUTE A JOINT DRAFTING COMMITTEE TO PREPARE DRAFT LOK PAL BILL- (Release ID :71560)">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=71560|title=Government issues notification to constitute a joint drafting committee to prepare draft Lok Pal Bill|coauthors=Press Information Bureau |date=8 April 2011|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India|pages=1|language=English|accessdate=9 April 2011|location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref name="Lokpal Bill: Text of Gazette notification">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1645254.ece|title=Lokpal Bill: Text of Gazette notification|coauthors=PTI|date=9 April 2011|publisher=The Hindu |language=English|accessdate=9 April 2011|location=New Delhi}}</ref>
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