Anna Hazare to begin hunger strike from Oct 2
In protest against the unfulfilled promises by the Narendra Modi government, social activist Anna Hazare will resort to a fresh agitation and will sit on hunger strike from Tuesday. Hazare had warned of the agitation if the commitments by the government are not implemented by October 2.
Hazare said in the past four years he had written several times to Modi but did not receive an acknowledgement.
After a week-long hunger strike in New Delhi in March, the social activist in his latest directive to the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh, had listed seven major unfulfilled or partly fulfilled promises by the Central government.
Hazare claimed that the recommendations sent by the State Agriculture Prices Commission over MSP were slashed owing to the interference by the Central Agriculture Department.
Hazare demanded implementation of promised "autonomy" for the Agricultural Prices Commission, saying this would ensure the farmers get the MSP based on the actual cost of cultivation.
He listed the long-pending promise on the appointments of Lokpal and Lokayukta for which a Selection Committee meeting headed by Modi was held on March 1 and after discussing the criterias, it decided to meet soon.
"Even the Supreme Court had reprimanded the government on the appointment of Lokpal, Lokayukta, which bodes ill for the government's image, and now the apex court has again directed it to file an affidavit in 10 days. If the government does not abide by these directives, it's a contempt of the Supreme Court," Hazare said.
He also called for immediate consultations on the amendment of Section 63 and Section 44 that weakens the Lokpal, which the government had assured would be done.
