Finally government to fulfill the demands of Anna and several Indians
NEW DELHI: Anna Hazare on Friday night announced that he will break his fast at 10 am on Saturday. However he is expected to take a final decision on Saturday. Anna and his supporters are up to won the battle on Friday with the government relenting to the demands made by the great Gandhian.
His announcement came following his emissaries’ -Arvind Kejriwal and Swami Agnivesh, meeting with Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal, law minister Veerappa Moily and minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid.
Pranab Mukherjee is likely to be the chairman and Shanti Bhushan to be the co-chairman of the proposed joint committee to draft an effective Lokpal Bill. The draft of the Lokpal Bill will be formally notified, said TV reports.
On Friday afternoon the government had sent a draft, following which Hazare sent his draft. Swami Agnivesh said, “We replied to it and spoke to the three ministers about it.”
The veteran social activist had demanded the appointment of a chairman and a co-chairman for the proposed joint committee to draft the Lokpal Bill and rejected the government’s offer of setting up of the committee by a letter of the law ministry. Also Anna said there should be no “tainted” ministers in the joint committee comprising civil society members and ministers.
