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2011 Indian anti-corruption movement

January 31, 2023

The Indian anti-corruption movement, popularly known as Anna Andolan, was a series of demonstrations and protests across India that began in 2011 and was intended to establish strong legislation and enforcement against perceived endemic political corruption.[5] The movement was named as one of the "Top 10 News Stories of 2011" by Time magazine.[6]

2011 Indian anti-corruption movement
Anna Andolan
Anna Hazare's hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, on the second day of his fast
Date4 April 2011 – 28 December 2011.
Location
India
Caused byCorruption in public environment
Goals
MethodsNon violent protest
Resulted in
  • Resolution passed in Parliament accepting Jan Lokpal Bill on 27 August 2011, Government again withdrawn Resolution on 22 December 2011, Government Cabinet introduced The Lokpal Bill, 2011 in the parliament but failed to pass.
  • protests renewed in 2012 when Rajya Sabha failed to pass the Bill

The movement gained momentum from 5 April 2011, when anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare began a hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar monument in New Delhi. The movement aimed to alleviate corruption in the Indian government through introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill. Another aim, which was led by Ramdev, Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and others was the repatriation of black money from foreign banks.

Mass protesters focussed on legal and political issues, including political corruption, kleptocracy, and other forms of corruption. The movement was primarily one of non-violent civil resistance and was composed of demonstrations, marches, acts of civil disobedience, hunger strikes, and rallies, and the use of social media to organise, communicate, and raise awareness. The protests were nonpartisan and most protesters were hostile to political parties' attempts to use them to strengthen their own political agenda.

Background

See also: Corruption in India, List of alleged scams in India, and Indian political scandals

Issues of corruption in India have become increasingly prominent in recent years. After independence in 1947, the country was subject to socialist-inspired economic policies until the 1980s. Over-regulation, protectionism, and government ownership of industry led to slow economic growth, high unemployment, and widespread poverty.[7][8] This system of bureaucratic control by government, which is called the License Raj, was at the core of endemic corruption.[9]

The 1993 Vohra Report submitted by the former Indian Union Home Secretary Narinder Nath Vohra studied the criminalisation of politics and contains several observations made by official agencies on the criminal network that was virtually running a parallel government. It also discussed criminal gangs that enjoyed the patronage of politicians and the protection of government functionaries. According to the report, political leaders had become leaders of street gangs and rogue elements in the military. Criminals had been elected to local bodies, state assemblies, and the Parliament of India.[10][11][12]

The 2005 Right to Information Act (RTI) helped civilians work towards tackling corruption. The Act allows Indian citizens to request information for a fixed fee of ₹ 10 (US$0.22) from a public authority, which is required to reply to the request within thirty days. Activists – some of whom have been attacked and killed – have used this law to uncover corruption cases against politicians and bureaucrats.[13]

In the years immediately preceding the 2011 anti-corruption protests, there were examples of alleged corruption in the country; these included the Adarsh Housing Society Scam,[14] the 2010 housing loan scam,[15] the Radia tapes controversy,[16] and the 2G spectrum case.[17] In February 2011, the Supreme Court of India ordered all trial courts in the country to expedite handling of corruption cases[18] and the President of India Pratibha Patil stated measures to ratify the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and other legislative and administrative measures to improve transparency would be taken.[19] A month later, the Supreme Court forced the resignation of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas.[20]

A worldwide, 50-city march called the Dandi March II was organised by People for Lok Satta and took place in March 2011,[21] as did the Drive Around Delhi protest.[22]

March 2011 protests

Dandi March II organized Group of Non-Resident Indians walked 240 miles in the United States against corruption in India.[23] Started in Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park, San Diego, California on March 12, 2011 and ends March 26 at Gandhi Statue, San Francisco and demanded for Lokpal Bill and return of black money, March also conducted in 45 cities in USA, 40 cities in India and 8 other countries globally[24] supported many Groups Lok Satta Party, India Against Corruption, 5th Pillar, Youth For Better India, Saaku[25]

April 2011 protests

Anna Hazare wanted a joint committee composed of members of the government and of civil society to be formed to draft tougher anti-corruption legislation. After Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India rejected Hazare's demand, Hazare began a hunger strike on 5 April 2011 at the Jantar Mantar, Delhi.[26] He said the fast would continue until the legislation was enacted.[27] His action attracted considerable support, including some people who joined him in fasting.[28] Prominent representatives of opposition political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), indicated their support for Hazare and demanded government action.[29] Hazare would not allow politicians to sit with him and those who tried to join him, such as Uma Bharti and Om Prakash Chautala, were turned away.[30]

Protests in sympathy with Hazare spread to other Indian cities, including Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, and Ahmedabad.[31] Prominent figures from Bollywood, sports and business indicated their support,[32][33] and there were protests in other countries, including the US, Britain, France and Germany.[34][35][36] The government squabbled with the activists, insisting the drafting committee would be headed by a government-appointed minister and not, as the protesters had demanded to prevent the government from making the bill less powerful, a civil society member.[37]

On 6 April, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, whom Hazare had accused of being corrupt, resigned from the group of ministers that had been tasked with reviewing the draft bill.[38] On 9 April, the government agreed to establish a joint committee;[39] this came from a compromise that politician Pranab Mukherjee would be chairman and a non-politician activist Shanti Bhushan would be co-chairman.[40] Bhushan, together with Hazare, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, advocate Prashant Bhushan and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal, had originally drafted the Lokpal Bill.[41] The first meeting of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee was held on 16 April. The government agreed to audio-record the committee's meetings and to hold public consultations before a final draft was prepared[42] but refused Hazare's demand for the proceedings to be televised live.[43]

June protest

In April, Ramdev had announced he would launch a people's anti-corruption movement called Bharat Swabhiman Andolan.[44] On 13 May, it was announced India had completed ratification of the UN Convention against Corruption, a process that had begun in 2010.[45] In early June, senior Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Kapil Sibal, Pawan Kumar Bansal and Subodh Kant Sahay met Ramdev to discuss his concerns.[46] Ramdev supported Hazare's fast and led a second major protest at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi, on 4 June to highlight the need for legislation to repatriate untaxed black money deposited abroad; Ramdev demanded untaxed money should be declared to be the wealth of the nation and that the act of caching allegedly illegally obtained money in foreign banks should be declared a crime against the state.[47]

The Ramlila Maidan was booked for 40 days to allow the protest to happen. Preparations included setting up a toilet, drinking water, medical facilities and a media centre.[48] Ramdev said more than 100 million people were directly involved with the Bharat Swabhiman Andolan.[49] Almost 3.2 million "netizens" joined the campaign.[50]

On 5 June, police raided the Maidan, detaining Ramdev and removing his supporters after firing tear gas shells and lathicharging.[51] Fifty-three people, including twenty police officers, were treated for injuries.[52] Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee called the police action "unfortunate" and said the police action was necessary because Ramdev had no permission to hold the protest.[53] Ministers said permission had been granted for a yoga camp with 5,000 attendees but not for a 65,000-strong political protest.[54] It was alleged the police raid had been planned for several days. The police said Ramdev had been informed shortly beforehand permission to continue his protest had been cancelled. By that time, over 5,000 police officers had been prepared for action.[55] There was an allegation CCTV footage of the raid was missing.[56]

On 6 June, the National Human Rights Commission of India requested reports of the events to be provided within two weeks by the Union Home Secretary, Delhi Chief Secretary, and the Delhi City Commissioner of Police.[57] Hazare responded to the events by holding a one-day hunger strike.[58] Protests were held across India, including Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Jammu, and Lucknow. They also spread to Nepal.[59][60][61][62] Ramdev said a second phase of the Bharat Swabhiman Yatra would begin in October and would cover 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi).[63]

After the protest

Civil society response

Ramdev said the government was not serious about discussing corruption and black money, and that government negotiator Kapil Sibal had cheated him through a "scheming and cunning" attitude. He said there was a conspiracy to kill him and that he was threatened during a meeting with senior ministers. He also said the ruling government chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the United Progressive Alliance government will be responsible for any threat to his life, and that he was nearly strangled by the police.[64] After being evicted from Delhi, Ramdev wanted to continue his fast at Noida but was denied permission to do so by the Uttar Pradesh government. He decided to continue his hunger strike and satyagraha from Haridwar until 12 June 2011.[65][66][67]

Hazare said there might have been some faults with Ramdev's agitation, the beating up of people at night rather than in the daytime was a "blot on democracy", and that "there was no firing otherwise the eviction was similar to Jallianwala Bagh incident". He also said the "strangulation of democracy" would cause protests throughout the country to "teach government a lesson".[68][69] Campaigner Arvind Kejriwal said the use of police force on non-violent, sleeping protesters was undemocratic.[70][71]

Government response

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said the government had reached an agreement before the protests were held.[72] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to Ramdev asking him to desist from holding the protests.[73]Nationalist Congress Party General Secretary Tariq Anwar said; "Both Hazare and Ramdev are blackmailing the government and they should first peep into their own hearts".[74] Pawan Bansal said the midnight police raid "was not a crackdown, [the government] had to do it to maintain law and order".[75] All India Congress Committee secretary Janardan Dwivedi described Ramdev's protest as a "political game" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying Ramdev got more attention than Nigamananda Saraswati, a protester who had fasted for over two months about a different matter, despite being treated in the same hospital.[76]

Political party response

The BJP called the police action to break up the hunger strike "undemocratic".[77] Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi condemned the incident, comparing it with Ravana-Lila and adding; "It is one of the worst days of Indian history. The Prime Minister had said during the elections that he would bring back black money stashed in Swiss banks within 100 days of coming into power. But today, it is two years and nothing has happened."[78] L. K. Advani said the police action reminded him of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and called it "naked fascism".[78] Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said: "This is not democracy ... the police cannot alone have taken such a step. It had the approval of the Prime Minister and full approval of the Congress President."[78] Bahujan Samaj Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati condemned the government's action against Ramdev, demanded an investigation by the Supreme Court of India and said justice cannot be expected from the central government.[79][80] The Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav condemned the incident, saying it shows the Union Government has lost its mental balance. Blaming the ruling Indian National Congress party, Yadav said; "A Congress leader said that Baba is a thug. I want to say that Congress is the biggest thug and it should introspect its deeds."[79] He also compared the raid to military action against a foreign enemy.[80]

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav accused Ramdev of being a front for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.[81] The Communist Party of India (Marxist) termed the police action against Ramdev "deplorable and shortsighted" but found fault with him for making the issue of black money "farcical" by entering into a secret agreement with government.[82] The party said; "The manner in which Ramdev's demands were drafted and the way in which he has conducted his interactions with the government, coming to a secret agreement to withdraw the hunger strike on the basis of assurances, then reneging and announcing its extension trivialised the seriousness of the issue of black money and made it farcical".[80] The Shiv Sena strongly condemned the police action.[80] Nitish Kumar, leader of Janata Dal (United) and the Chief Minister of Bihar, condemned the attack, saying; "It is a major blow to democracy and an attack on the democratic rights of the people ... It is also an attack on the fundamental rights of the citizens".[78]

Suo Moto cognizance by the Supreme Court

An advocate of Ramdev petitioned the Supreme Court of India, saying no First Information Report had been registered with the police and thus the protesters' eviction was of dubious legality. The Supreme Court issued notices to the Union Home Secretary, Chief Secretary of Delhi, Delhi administration, and Delhi Police Commissioner, expressing its displeasure the entire contents of the petition had been leaked to the media before the matter went up for hearing.[83] On 29 August 2011, the Court blamed the Delhi Police for the forcible eviction.[84]

August protests

By mid-June 2011, the Jan Lokpal drafting committee was in disagreement and government representatives said if a consensus was not reached, both the government draft and that by the civil society representatives, would be sent to the Cabinet. Hazare said if only the government version of the bill was passed by parliament, he would start a hunger strike on 16 August 2011.[85] On 15 August, he announced the fast would begin the following day.[86]

The government imposed Section 144 at Jayaprakash Narayan Park, Rajghat and Delhi Gate, prohibiting an assembly of five or more people.[86] Delhi Police detained Hazare in the early morning of 16 August before he could start his hunger strike. More than 1,200 supporters, including members of Team Anna, were also taken into preventative custody. Most of the supporters, including Kiran Bedi and Shanti Bushan, were released by early evening.[87][88][89] Hazare was remanded to Tihar Jail after he refused to sign a personal bail bond. Within hours, a Team Anna spokesperson said Hazare had begun his hunger protest in custody and was not accepting water to drink. The arrests sparked protests across the country, and were condemned by opposition political parties and some non-government organisations. Parliament was unable to conduct business after a protest forced an adjournment for the day.[90][91] In Chennai, Mahatma Gandhi's secretary V. Kalyanam, led the protesters. He said:

India will get a sure gold medal if corruption is entered as an item in the Olympic Games. We may not be a force in football or athletics or hockey. But India is the undisputed global leader in corruption.[92]

Delhi police commissioner B. K. Gupta said the police were not keen for Hazare be sent to judicial custody and had been prepared to release him if he had given an undertaking not to break Section 144, and ask his supporters not to do so. In a message released after his detention, Hazare said this was the beginning of the "second freedom struggle" and he called on people to participate in a jail bharo (mass arrest) protest.[93] On 16 August, Hazare and his close associate and lawyer Prashant Bhushan asked government employees across the country to go on mass leave to show solidarity with the movement. Union Home minister P. Chidambaram hoped they would not respond, describing the call as "completely wrong".[94]

Hazare's release

It was decided to release Hazare after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, who disapproved of the arrest, on the evening of 16 August.[95] Congress sources said the Government decided to release him and his supporters after concluding keeping him in jail would disrupt law and order unnecessarily. Over 1,500 people who had been detained for taking part in protests demanding Hazare's release were also freed. Hazare refused to leave the jail until the government agreed to give unconditional permission to hold protests at Jai Prakash Narayan National Park.[96]

Hazare agreed to leave jail after Delhi Police granted him permission to fast for 15 days at Ramlila Maidan, a larger venue than Jai Prakash Narayan National Park. He, however, had to spend another night in jail because the venue was not ready.[97] Hazare left jail on 19 August for the 25,000-capacity Ramlila Maidan, which he said he would not leave until the bill was passed.[98]

17 August 2011 (2011-08-17)
  • Congress stated they suspected a foreign hand in the protests and asked the government to investigate whether the US was behind Hazare's agitation.[99] The US denied the accusation.[100]
19 August 2011 (2011-08-19)
21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)
  • Hazare's camp called their supporters to confront individual Members of Parliament and Union Ministers at their residences and warned the UPA government its days would be numbered if it failed to pass the Bill by 30 August.[102]
  • Over 100,000 supporters visited Ramlila Maidan to show their opposition to corruption.[103]
  • Around 50,000 supporters marched in Mumbai to support Hazare. This was reportedly one of the biggest protests in Mumbai.[104][105]
22 August 2011 (2011-08-22)
23 August 2011 (2011-08-23)
24 August 2011 (2011-08-24)
  • An all-party meeting was chaired by Manmohan Singh represented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. The meeting ended with Mukherjee appealing for Hazare to end his fast, prompting civil society to say they were "back to square one".[108][109]
25 August 2011 (2011-08-25)
  • Manmohan Singh said all proposed versions of the Lokpal bill, including those prepared by Aruna Roy's NCPRI and Jaiprakash Narain, would be debated in Parliament.[110]
  • Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh met Hazare at his protest camp at Ramlila Maidan. Deshmukh conveyed a message to Hazare from the Prime Minister, urging Hazare to end his fast and to consider the Prime Minister's offer to debate all versions of bill in Parliament.[111][112]
  • Hazare asked Singh to start the parliamentary discussion the next morning and forward his demands to the Prime Minister; a Citizen's Charter, Lokayuktas in all states with Lokpal powers and inclusion of the entire bureaucracy.[113]
27 August 2011 (2011-08-27)
  • Initiating the Lok Sabha debate on the bill, Pranab Mukherjee asked Hazare to end his fast,[114][115] BJP leader Sushma Swaraj expressed her party's support for Hazare and said the BJP largely agreed with the conditions laid down by Hazare to end his hunger strike.[116] The government agreed to a voice vote on the debate.[117] Both houses of parliament passed the resolution accepting all three conditions set by Hazare.[118]
28 August 2011 (2011-08-28)
  • Hazare ended his 12-day, 288-hour fast and was taken to Medanta Medicity to recover. He had been under medical supervision throughout the fast.[119] Thousands of his supporters congregated at India Gate to celebrate.[120]

Parliamentary debate

Main article: 2011 parliamentary debate on anti-corruption legislation

A debate on the Jan Lokpal bill was held in Parliament on 27 August 2011. Hazare demanded a citizen charter, lower bureaucracy to be included in the bill, and the establishment of Lok Ayuktas in the states. Both houses of Parliament agreed to these demands.[121] Hazare announced he would break his fast on 28 August.[122]

December protests

On 11 December, Hazare sat on a day-long fast at the Jantar Mantar. This protest was against proposals of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the anti-graft measure. It was the first at which politicians shared the stage with Hazare, with leaders of the BJP, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Janata Dal, Akali Dal, Telugu Desam Party and Biju Janata Dal participating in the public debate on the Lokpal bill.[123] The expected introduction of the Lokpal bill in the Lok Sabha did not occur. The Food Security Bill was first introduced and the subsequent process of the Lokpal Bill was hindered by procedural and party political issues.[124][125] The proposed Lokpal Bill was rejected by the government, which put forward a revised proposal, along with a constitutional bill, in an attempt to resolve the problems that were raised during the session about reservation for minorities and under-represented groups.[126]

Hazare announced on 22 December a hunger strike would take place between 27 and 29 December, followed by a Jail Bharo Andolan to pressurise the government.[127] He began his fast on 27 December at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai rather than in Delhi because of the cold climate in the latter city.[128] Turnout was well below expectations, in part because of the cold weather.[129] IAC members asked him to end this latest fast because of his poor health, having suffered from cold and mild fever for few days previously, but he refused.[130] On the second day of the fast, Hazare repeated his threat to campaign against Congress in the five poll-bound states for not bringing a strong Lokpal. He ended his fast because of his deteriorating health and the low turn-out across the country. He said the movement had not stopped but was merely postponed.[131] He also announced the cancellation of the "Jail Bharo" movement due to his bad health.

Parliament debate

The Lok Sabha debated the Lokpal Bill on 27 December 2011.[132] The debate resulted in the bill being passed by the Rajya Sabha (upper house) but the new, nine-member Lokpal panel was not given constitutional status because the government failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority of MPs present.[133][134] The Lokpal Bill was sent for review to the Indian President Pratibha Patil on 28 December 2011; a standard procedure for any legislation that has financial implications. Patil gave her assent for the Bill to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha.[135]

2012

2012 Indian anti-corruption movement
Date25 March 2012 – 26 November 2012
Location
India
Caused by
GoalsJan Lokpal Bill/The Lokpal Bill, 2011 enactment
MethodsNon violent protest
Resulted inTeam Anna split and India Against Corruption forming Aam Aadmi Party
Enactment of The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013

The movement was reinvigorated following a mass gathering at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 25 March 2012.[138][139] Attempts to introduce some form of legislation, even though it was weaker than that demanded by the activists, had expired with the end of the parliamentary session on 27 December 2011.[140][141] The government reintroduced the bill in the Rajya Sabha in February 2012 but it was not timetabled for debate and the session ended without the bill being passed.[citation needed]

Protests

Hazare said the protest movement would recommence and he went on a one-day hunger strike on 25 March 2012.[140] A month later, Hazare held a token one-day fast focussed on the remembrance of whistle-blowers such as Narendra Kumar and Satyendra Dubey, who had died as a result of their support for the anti-corruption cause.[142] On 3 June, Hazare undertook another one-day fast at the Jantar Mantar, where he was joined by Ramdev.[143]

Hazare and Bedi reformed Team Anna while Kejriwal and some others split from the apolitical movement to form what was to become the Aam Aadmi Party.[144]

An indefinite fast began at the Jantar Mantar on 25 July and involved members of Team Anna,[145] although Hazare was not involved until four days later. The fast was a protest against the government's refusal of an inquiry against the prime minister and 14 cabinet ministers whom the protesters had accused of corruption.[citation needed] The fast ended on 3 August.[146] Three days later, Hazare announced he and his fellow activists had decided to end their fast because the government did not seem ready to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill, to discontinue talks with the government and to cease any protests under the Team Anna name.[147]

Aftermath

After failing to press the Indian government to pass The Lokpal Bill, 2011, Team Anna was split on the issue of formation of political party. Anna Hazare and some others did not want to enter mainstream politics while Arvind Kejriwal led the campaigning group India Against Corruption,[148][149] and later formed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on 26 November 2012.[150] The party made its electoral debut in the December 2013 Delhi legislative assembly election.[151] It emerged as the second-largest party, winning 28 of the 70 seats.[152] and went on to form a minority government with conditional support from the Indian National Congress.[153] The AAP failed to pass a Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi assembly and resigned from the government after 49 days.[154] The President's rule was imposed in the state for a year.[155]

The Parliament of India enacted The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 few days after the Delhi election in December 2013.[156]

Media coverage

An Insignificant Man, a 2017 Hindi/English Indian socio-political documentary, was co-produced and directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla, and was also co-produced by Anand Gandhi.[157][158] The documentary is about the rise of anti-corruption protests in India and the formation and rise to power of the AAP.[159]

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2011, indian, anti, corruption, movement, indian, anti, corruption, movement, popularly, known, anna, andolan, series, demonstrations, protests, across, india, that, began, 2011, intended, establish, strong, legislation, enforcement, against, perceived, endemi. The Indian anti corruption movement popularly known as Anna Andolan was a series of demonstrations and protests across India that began in 2011 and was intended to establish strong legislation and enforcement against perceived endemic political corruption 5 The movement was named as one of the Top 10 News Stories of 2011 by Time magazine 6 2011 Indian anti corruption movementAnna AndolanAnna Hazare s hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on the second day of his fastDate4 April 2011 28 December 2011 LocationIndiaCaused byCorruption in public environment Government corruption 1 2 Police corruption 2 Judicial corruption 1 Corporate corruption 2 Kleptocracy 2 Electoral fraud 3 Red tape 2 4 Discretionary powers of politician 1 Black money 1 GoalsEnactment of anti corruption legislature Jan Lokpal Bill 5 for ombudsmanMethodsNon violent protestResulted inResolution passed in Parliament accepting Jan Lokpal Bill on 27 August 2011 Government again withdrawn Resolution on 22 December 2011 Government Cabinet introduced The Lokpal Bill 2011 in the parliament but failed to pass protests renewed in 2012 when Rajya Sabha failed to pass the BillThe movement gained momentum from 5 April 2011 when anti corruption activist Anna Hazare began a hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar monument in New Delhi The movement aimed to alleviate corruption in the Indian government through introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill Another aim which was led by Ramdev Kiran Bedi Arvind Kejriwal and others was the repatriation of black money from foreign banks Mass protesters focussed on legal and political issues including political corruption kleptocracy and other forms of corruption The movement was primarily one of non violent civil resistance and was composed of demonstrations marches acts of civil disobedience hunger strikes and rallies and the use of social media to organise communicate and raise awareness The protests were nonpartisan and most protesters were hostile to political parties attempts to use them to strengthen their own political agenda Contents 1 Background 2 March 2011 protests 3 April 2011 protests 4 June protest 4 1 After the protest 4 1 1 Civil society response 4 1 2 Government response 4 1 3 Political party response 4 1 4 Suo Moto cognizance by the Supreme Court 5 August protests 5 1 Hazare s release 5 2 Parliamentary debate 6 December protests 6 1 Parliament debate 7 2012 7 1 Protests 7 2 Aftermath 8 Media coverage 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksBackground EditSee also Corruption in India List of alleged scams in India and Indian political scandals Issues of corruption in India have become increasingly prominent in recent years After independence in 1947 the country was subject to socialist inspired economic policies until the 1980s Over regulation protectionism and government ownership of industry led to slow economic growth high unemployment and widespread poverty 7 8 This system of bureaucratic control by government which is called the License Raj was at the core of endemic corruption 9 The 1993 Vohra Report submitted by the former Indian Union Home Secretary Narinder Nath Vohra studied the criminalisation of politics and contains several observations made by official agencies on the criminal network that was virtually running a parallel government It also discussed criminal gangs that enjoyed the patronage of politicians and the protection of government functionaries According to the report political leaders had become leaders of street gangs and rogue elements in the military Criminals had been elected to local bodies state assemblies and the Parliament of India 10 11 12 The 2005 Right to Information Act RTI helped civilians work towards tackling corruption The Act allows Indian citizens to request information for a fixed fee of 10 US 0 22 from a public authority which is required to reply to the request within thirty days Activists some of whom have been attacked and killed have used this law to uncover corruption cases against politicians and bureaucrats 13 In the years immediately preceding the 2011 anti corruption protests there were examples of alleged corruption in the country these included the Adarsh Housing Society Scam 14 the 2010 housing loan scam 15 the Radia tapes controversy 16 and the 2G spectrum case 17 In February 2011 the Supreme Court of India ordered all trial courts in the country to expedite handling of corruption cases 18 and the President of India Pratibha Patil stated measures to ratify the United Nations Convention Against Corruption UNCAC and other legislative and administrative measures to improve transparency would be taken 19 A month later the Supreme Court forced the resignation of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas 20 A worldwide 50 city march called the Dandi March II was organised by People for Lok Satta and took place in March 2011 21 as did the Drive Around Delhi protest 22 March 2011 protests EditDandi March II organized Group of Non Resident Indians walked 240 miles in the United States against corruption in India 23 Started in Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Park San Diego California on March 12 2011 and ends March 26 at Gandhi Statue San Francisco and demanded for Lokpal Bill and return of black money March also conducted in 45 cities in USA 40 cities in India and 8 other countries globally 24 supported many Groups Lok Satta Party India Against Corruption 5th Pillar Youth For Better India Saaku 25 April 2011 protests EditAnna Hazare wanted a joint committee composed of members of the government and of civil society to be formed to draft tougher anti corruption legislation After Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India rejected Hazare s demand Hazare began a hunger strike on 5 April 2011 at the Jantar Mantar Delhi 26 He said the fast would continue until the legislation was enacted 27 His action attracted considerable support including some people who joined him in fasting 28 Prominent representatives of opposition political parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India Marxist indicated their support for Hazare and demanded government action 29 Hazare would not allow politicians to sit with him and those who tried to join him such as Uma Bharti and Om Prakash Chautala were turned away 30 Protests in sympathy with Hazare spread to other Indian cities including Bangalore Mumbai Chennai and Ahmedabad 31 Prominent figures from Bollywood sports and business indicated their support 32 33 and there were protests in other countries including the US Britain France and Germany 34 35 36 The government squabbled with the activists insisting the drafting committee would be headed by a government appointed minister and not as the protesters had demanded to prevent the government from making the bill less powerful a civil society member 37 On 6 April Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar whom Hazare had accused of being corrupt resigned from the group of ministers that had been tasked with reviewing the draft bill 38 On 9 April the government agreed to establish a joint committee 39 this came from a compromise that politician Pranab Mukherjee would be chairman and a non politician activist Shanti Bhushan would be co chairman 40 Bhushan together with Hazare Justice N Santosh Hegde advocate Prashant Bhushan and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal had originally drafted the Lokpal Bill 41 The first meeting of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee was held on 16 April The government agreed to audio record the committee s meetings and to hold public consultations before a final draft was prepared 42 but refused Hazare s demand for the proceedings to be televised live 43 June protest EditIn April Ramdev had announced he would launch a people s anti corruption movement called Bharat Swabhiman Andolan 44 On 13 May it was announced India had completed ratification of the UN Convention against Corruption a process that had begun in 2010 45 In early June senior Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee Kapil Sibal Pawan Kumar Bansal and Subodh Kant Sahay met Ramdev to discuss his concerns 46 Ramdev supported Hazare s fast and led a second major protest at Ramlila Maidan New Delhi on 4 June to highlight the need for legislation to repatriate untaxed black money deposited abroad Ramdev demanded untaxed money should be declared to be the wealth of the nation and that the act of caching allegedly illegally obtained money in foreign banks should be declared a crime against the state 47 The Ramlila Maidan was booked for 40 days to allow the protest to happen Preparations included setting up a toilet drinking water medical facilities and a media centre 48 Ramdev said more than 100 million people were directly involved with the Bharat Swabhiman Andolan 49 Almost 3 2 million netizens joined the campaign 50 On 5 June police raided the Maidan detaining Ramdev and removing his supporters after firing tear gas shells and lathicharging 51 Fifty three people including twenty police officers were treated for injuries 52 Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee called the police action unfortunate and said the police action was necessary because Ramdev had no permission to hold the protest 53 Ministers said permission had been granted for a yoga camp with 5 000 attendees but not for a 65 000 strong political protest 54 It was alleged the police raid had been planned for several days The police said Ramdev had been informed shortly beforehand permission to continue his protest had been cancelled By that time over 5 000 police officers had been prepared for action 55 There was an allegation CCTV footage of the raid was missing 56 On 6 June the National Human Rights Commission of India requested reports of the events to be provided within two weeks by the Union Home Secretary Delhi Chief Secretary and the Delhi City Commissioner of Police 57 Hazare responded to the events by holding a one day hunger strike 58 Protests were held across India including Chennai Bangalore Mumbai Hyderabad Jammu and Lucknow They also spread to Nepal 59 60 61 62 Ramdev said a second phase of the Bharat Swabhiman Yatra would begin in October and would cover 100 000 kilometres 62 000 mi 63 After the protest Edit Civil society response Edit Ramdev said the government was not serious about discussing corruption and black money and that government negotiator Kapil Sibal had cheated him through a scheming and cunning attitude He said there was a conspiracy to kill him and that he was threatened during a meeting with senior ministers He also said the ruling government chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the United Progressive Alliance government will be responsible for any threat to his life and that he was nearly strangled by the police 64 After being evicted from Delhi Ramdev wanted to continue his fast at Noida but was denied permission to do so by the Uttar Pradesh government He decided to continue his hunger strike and satyagraha from Haridwar until 12 June 2011 65 66 67 Hazare said there might have been some faults with Ramdev s agitation the beating up of people at night rather than in the daytime was a blot on democracy and that there was no firing otherwise the eviction was similar to Jallianwala Bagh incident He also said the strangulation of democracy would cause protests throughout the country to teach government a lesson 68 69 Campaigner Arvind Kejriwal said the use of police force on non violent sleeping protesters was undemocratic 70 71 Government response Edit Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said the government had reached an agreement before the protests were held 72 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to Ramdev asking him to desist from holding the protests 73 Nationalist Congress Party General Secretary Tariq Anwar said Both Hazare and Ramdev are blackmailing the government and they should first peep into their own hearts 74 Pawan Bansal said the midnight police raid was not a crackdown the government had to do it to maintain law and order 75 All India Congress Committee secretary Janardan Dwivedi described Ramdev s protest as a political game by the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP saying Ramdev got more attention than Nigamananda Saraswati a protester who had fasted for over two months about a different matter despite being treated in the same hospital 76 Political party response Edit The BJP called the police action to break up the hunger strike undemocratic 77 Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi condemned the incident comparing it with Ravana Lila and adding It is one of the worst days of Indian history The Prime Minister had said during the elections that he would bring back black money stashed in Swiss banks within 100 days of coming into power But today it is two years and nothing has happened 78 L K Advani said the police action reminded him of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and called it naked fascism 78 Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said This is not democracy the police cannot alone have taken such a step It had the approval of the Prime Minister and full approval of the Congress President 78 Bahujan Samaj Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati condemned the government s action against Ramdev demanded an investigation by the Supreme Court of India and said justice cannot be expected from the central government 79 80 The Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav condemned the incident saying it shows the Union Government has lost its mental balance Blaming the ruling Indian National Congress party Yadav said A Congress leader said that Baba is a thug I want to say that Congress is the biggest thug and it should introspect its deeds 79 He also compared the raid to military action against a foreign enemy 80 Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav accused Ramdev of being a front for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 81 The Communist Party of India Marxist termed the police action against Ramdev deplorable and shortsighted but found fault with him for making the issue of black money farcical by entering into a secret agreement with government 82 The party said The manner in which Ramdev s demands were drafted and the way in which he has conducted his interactions with the government coming to a secret agreement to withdraw the hunger strike on the basis of assurances then reneging and announcing its extension trivialised the seriousness of the issue of black money and made it farcical 80 The Shiv Sena strongly condemned the police action 80 Nitish Kumar leader of Janata Dal United and the Chief Minister of Bihar condemned the attack saying It is a major blow to democracy and an attack on the democratic rights of the people It is also an attack on the fundamental rights of the citizens 78 Suo Moto cognizance by the Supreme Court Edit An advocate of Ramdev petitioned the Supreme Court of India saying no First Information Report had been registered with the police and thus the protesters eviction was of dubious legality The Supreme Court issued notices to the Union Home Secretary Chief Secretary of Delhi Delhi administration and Delhi Police Commissioner expressing its displeasure the entire contents of the petition had been leaked to the media before the matter went up for hearing 83 On 29 August 2011 the Court blamed the Delhi Police for the forcible eviction 84 August protests EditBy mid June 2011 the Jan Lokpal drafting committee was in disagreement and government representatives said if a consensus was not reached both the government draft and that by the civil society representatives would be sent to the Cabinet Hazare said if only the government version of the bill was passed by parliament he would start a hunger strike on 16 August 2011 85 On 15 August he announced the fast would begin the following day 86 The government imposed Section 144 at Jayaprakash Narayan Park Rajghat and Delhi Gate prohibiting an assembly of five or more people 86 Delhi Police detained Hazare in the early morning of 16 August before he could start his hunger strike More than 1 200 supporters including members of Team Anna were also taken into preventative custody Most of the supporters including Kiran Bedi and Shanti Bushan were released by early evening 87 88 89 Hazare was remanded to Tihar Jail after he refused to sign a personal bail bond Within hours a Team Anna spokesperson said Hazare had begun his hunger protest in custody and was not accepting water to drink The arrests sparked protests across the country and were condemned by opposition political parties and some non government organisations Parliament was unable to conduct business after a protest forced an adjournment for the day 90 91 In Chennai Mahatma Gandhi s secretary V Kalyanam led the protesters He said India will get a sure gold medal if corruption is entered as an item in the Olympic Games We may not be a force in football or athletics or hockey But India is the undisputed global leader in corruption 92 Delhi police commissioner B K Gupta said the police were not keen for Hazare be sent to judicial custody and had been prepared to release him if he had given an undertaking not to break Section 144 and ask his supporters not to do so In a message released after his detention Hazare said this was the beginning of the second freedom struggle and he called on people to participate in a jail bharo mass arrest protest 93 On 16 August Hazare and his close associate and lawyer Prashant Bhushan asked government employees across the country to go on mass leave to show solidarity with the movement Union Home minister P Chidambaram hoped they would not respond describing the call as completely wrong 94 Hazare s release Edit It was decided to release Hazare after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi who disapproved of the arrest on the evening of 16 August 95 Congress sources said the Government decided to release him and his supporters after concluding keeping him in jail would disrupt law and order unnecessarily Over 1 500 people who had been detained for taking part in protests demanding Hazare s release were also freed Hazare refused to leave the jail until the government agreed to give unconditional permission to hold protests at Jai Prakash Narayan National Park 96 Hazare agreed to leave jail after Delhi Police granted him permission to fast for 15 days at Ramlila Maidan a larger venue than Jai Prakash Narayan National Park He however had to spend another night in jail because the venue was not ready 97 Hazare left jail on 19 August for the 25 000 capacity Ramlila Maidan which he said he would not leave until the bill was passed 98 17 August 2011 2011 08 17 Congress stated they suspected a foreign hand in the protests and asked the government to investigate whether the US was behind Hazare s agitation 99 The US denied the accusation 100 19 August 2011 2011 08 19 Varun Gandhi a BJP MP announced he would introduce Hazare s Jan Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha as a private member s bill saying it was better than anything the nation has seen before 101 21 August 2011 2011 08 21 Hazare s camp called their supporters to confront individual Members of Parliament and Union Ministers at their residences and warned the UPA government its days would be numbered if it failed to pass the Bill by 30 August 102 Over 100 000 supporters visited Ramlila Maidan to show their opposition to corruption 103 Around 50 000 supporters marched in Mumbai to support Hazare This was reportedly one of the biggest protests in Mumbai 104 105 22 August 2011 2011 08 22 On his seventh day of fast Hazare said he would only negotiate with INC MP Rahul Gandhi the Prime Minister s Office or Maharashtra Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan 106 23 August 2011 2011 08 23 Manmohan Singh appealed to Hazare to end his fast and stated he would ask Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar if Hazare s Jan Lokpal Bill can be sent to the Standing Committee Singh also said the government was concerned about Hazare s health 107 24 August 2011 2011 08 24 An all party meeting was chaired by Manmohan Singh represented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee The meeting ended with Mukherjee appealing for Hazare to end his fast prompting civil society to say they were back to square one 108 109 25 August 2011 2011 08 25 Manmohan Singh said all proposed versions of the Lokpal bill including those prepared by Aruna Roy s NCPRI and Jaiprakash Narain would be debated in Parliament 110 Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh met Hazare at his protest camp at Ramlila Maidan Deshmukh conveyed a message to Hazare from the Prime Minister urging Hazare to end his fast and to consider the Prime Minister s offer to debate all versions of bill in Parliament 111 112 Hazare asked Singh to start the parliamentary discussion the next morning and forward his demands to the Prime Minister a Citizen s Charter Lokayuktas in all states with Lokpal powers and inclusion of the entire bureaucracy 113 27 August 2011 2011 08 27 Initiating the Lok Sabha debate on the bill Pranab Mukherjee asked Hazare to end his fast 114 115 BJP leader Sushma Swaraj expressed her party s support for Hazare and said the BJP largely agreed with the conditions laid down by Hazare to end his hunger strike 116 The government agreed to a voice vote on the debate 117 Both houses of parliament passed the resolution accepting all three conditions set by Hazare 118 28 August 2011 2011 08 28 Hazare ended his 12 day 288 hour fast and was taken to Medanta Medicity to recover He had been under medical supervision throughout the fast 119 Thousands of his supporters congregated at India Gate to celebrate 120 Parliamentary debate Edit Main article 2011 parliamentary debate on anti corruption legislation A debate on the Jan Lokpal bill was held in Parliament on 27 August 2011 Hazare demanded a citizen charter lower bureaucracy to be included in the bill and the establishment of Lok Ayuktas in the states Both houses of Parliament agreed to these demands 121 Hazare announced he would break his fast on 28 August 122 December protests EditOn 11 December Hazare sat on a day long fast at the Jantar Mantar This protest was against proposals of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the anti graft measure It was the first at which politicians shared the stage with Hazare with leaders of the BJP Communist Party of India Marxist Communist Party of India Janata Dal Akali Dal Telugu Desam Party and Biju Janata Dal participating in the public debate on the Lokpal bill 123 The expected introduction of the Lokpal bill in the Lok Sabha did not occur The Food Security Bill was first introduced and the subsequent process of the Lokpal Bill was hindered by procedural and party political issues 124 125 The proposed Lokpal Bill was rejected by the government which put forward a revised proposal along with a constitutional bill in an attempt to resolve the problems that were raised during the session about reservation for minorities and under represented groups 126 Hazare announced on 22 December a hunger strike would take place between 27 and 29 December followed by a Jail Bharo Andolan to pressurise the government 127 He began his fast on 27 December at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai rather than in Delhi because of the cold climate in the latter city 128 Turnout was well below expectations in part because of the cold weather 129 IAC members asked him to end this latest fast because of his poor health having suffered from cold and mild fever for few days previously but he refused 130 On the second day of the fast Hazare repeated his threat to campaign against Congress in the five poll bound states for not bringing a strong Lokpal He ended his fast because of his deteriorating health and the low turn out across the country He said the movement had not stopped but was merely postponed 131 He also announced the cancellation of the Jail Bharo movement due to his bad health Parliament debate Edit The Lok Sabha debated the Lokpal Bill on 27 December 2011 132 The debate resulted in the bill being passed by the Rajya Sabha upper house but the new nine member Lokpal panel was not given constitutional status because the government failed to get the necessary two thirds majority of MPs present 133 134 The Lokpal Bill was sent for review to the Indian President Pratibha Patil on 28 December 2011 a standard procedure for any legislation that has financial implications Patil gave her assent for the Bill to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha 135 2012 Edit2012 Indian anti corruption movementDate25 March 2012 26 November 2012LocationIndiaCaused byGovernment corruption 1 136 Police corruption 2 Judicial corruption 1 Corporate corruption 2 Kleptocracy 2 Electoral fraud 3 Red tape 2 137 Discretionary powers of politician 1 Black money 1 GoalsJan Lokpal Bill The Lokpal Bill 2011 enactmentMethodsNon violent protestResulted inTeam Anna split and India Against Corruption forming Aam Aadmi PartyEnactment of The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2013The movement was reinvigorated following a mass gathering at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 25 March 2012 138 139 Attempts to introduce some form of legislation even though it was weaker than that demanded by the activists had expired with the end of the parliamentary session on 27 December 2011 140 141 The government reintroduced the bill in the Rajya Sabha in February 2012 but it was not timetabled for debate and the session ended without the bill being passed citation needed Protests Edit Hazare said the protest movement would recommence and he went on a one day hunger strike on 25 March 2012 140 A month later Hazare held a token one day fast focussed on the remembrance of whistle blowers such as Narendra Kumar and Satyendra Dubey who had died as a result of their support for the anti corruption cause 142 On 3 June Hazare undertook another one day fast at the Jantar Mantar where he was joined by Ramdev 143 Hazare and Bedi reformed Team Anna while Kejriwal and some others split from the apolitical movement to form what was to become the Aam Aadmi Party 144 An indefinite fast began at the Jantar Mantar on 25 July and involved members of Team Anna 145 although Hazare was not involved until four days later The fast was a protest against the government s refusal of an inquiry against the prime minister and 14 cabinet ministers whom the protesters had accused of corruption citation needed The fast ended on 3 August 146 Three days later Hazare announced he and his fellow activists had decided to end their fast because the government did not seem ready to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill to discontinue talks with the government and to cease any protests under the Team Anna name 147 Aftermath Edit After failing to press the Indian government to pass The Lokpal Bill 2011 Team Anna was split on the issue of formation of political party Anna Hazare and some others did not want to enter mainstream politics while Arvind Kejriwal led the campaigning group India Against Corruption 148 149 and later formed the Aam Aadmi Party AAP on 26 November 2012 150 The party made its electoral debut in the December 2013 Delhi legislative assembly election 151 It emerged as the second largest party winning 28 of the 70 seats 152 and went on to form a minority government with conditional support from the Indian National Congress 153 The AAP failed to pass a Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi assembly and resigned from the government after 49 days 154 The President s rule was imposed in the state for a year 155 The Parliament of India enacted The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2013 few days after the Delhi election in December 2013 156 Media coverage EditAn Insignificant Man a 2017 Hindi English Indian socio political documentary was co produced and directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla and was also co produced by Anand Gandhi 157 158 The documentary is about the rise of anti corruption protests in India and the formation and rise to power of the AAP 159 See also Edit India portal Politics portal 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