LOKPAL BILL

• Lokpal is borrowed from the office of the ombudsman in other countries

First time presented during the fourth Lok Sabha in 1968
It was revived in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and 2008
The Lokpal Bill, 2010, awaits an okay from a select committee
Anna Hazare is on a fast to death strike for getting the Government to act
Anna Hazare with his team kiran Bedi(honer police off),swami Aganivesh
Uma Bharthi and Om Prakash Choutala came to meet Anna and tried to show
thier support to them
The protest is not just in Delhi, people are showing their support around the
country and even outside India
April 8 -fasting should end tonight, The Government has agreed to the Anna demands

june-4 Baba Ramdev begins fast at Ramlila Maidan, with thousands of supporters .
june-5 Midnight-govt taken action about baba camp with tear gas and reported lathicharge.
june-6 Anna Hazare support his fasting , continue the fasting at HARIDWAR
june-7 Court takes suo motu notice of crackdown, Anna Hazare team boycott Monday's
meeting of the Lokpal Bill joint drafting committee,announced a day-long fast on June 8.
june-8 Begain day long fasting at Rajghat