Hold fast to the Lokpal

After it failed to come up for vote in a fractious Rajya Sabha last year, the Lokpal Bill — referred to a select committee that is still examining it — seems to have been mothballed for all practical purposes. By declaring another indefinite fast in an attempt to pressure the Centre to reintroduce the Bill in a stronger and more effective form, Anna Hazare and his team of supporters were attempting to take this issue off the back burner and place it where it belongs — on the forefront of the national agenda.

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