Mumbai: Corruption activist Anna Hazare has ended a 96-hour hunger strike in India, after ministers agreed to all of his demands. The 72-year-old campaigner is pushing for tough anti-corruption laws, and has gained huge public support.
He demanded that the committee drafting the new law be made up of activists as well as politicians. The government said it had agreed to the request.
In recent months India has been rocked by a string of corruption scandals.
A former telecom minister is awaiting trial after being accused of siphoning off billions of dollars from fraudulent sales of telecom licences.
And Indians were shocked when allegations emerged that apartments in Mumbai intended for war widows were in fact given to civil servants.
Last month the head of the country’s anti-corruption watchdog was forced to resign by the Supreme Court on the grounds that he himself faced corruption charges.
Media reports say Hazare has rallied people across the country disillusioned with the recent spate of scandals – he is highly respected as a social activist with an untarnished reputation.
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