On a rare historic occasion after 11 days of fasting of Anna Hazare, the Parliamentarians rose up to the nation’s expectation. The Prime Minister’s comment that the will of the people got expression through the parliament encapsulated the entire episode of 27 August 2011. Anna Hazare will now break his fast and many of his nation-wide followers will follow the suit.
The high drama of last 12 days have come to an end with the Parliament passing a unanimous resolution terming it as “the sense of house” in support of the three major points suggested by Anna Hazare and his team. Citizen Charter for Grievances Redressal, bringing the lower bureaucracy under the Lokpal and having strong Lokayuktas for the states were the three main contentious issues.
In a day long debate in both houses of the Parliament, government and the opposition displayed a unique sense of urgency and responsibility in deliberating the issues threadbare. Pranab Mukherjee initiated the discussion and was ably supported by the opposition leaders like Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley.
The recent multi-crore scams of CWG and 2G and the lack of an effective response of the government to these scams had created a rising sense of despair amongst common Indians. In this backdrop the India Against Corruption (IAC), a citizens’ initiative was launched by likeminded people including Anna Hazare, Arvid Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Santosh Hegde, Swami Agnivesh
