Agitation against corruption the "second freedom struggle"

                                 -    Anna Hazare

Police have arrested anti-corruption campaigner and Mahatma Gandhi disciple Anna Hazare for pledging to go ahead with a hunger strike against a proposed new anti-corruption law.

After nine meetings with the government, Hazare and his supporters came up with their own version of the Lokpal (Citizen's Ombudsman) bill, which they say should be made into law.
The government however insist on passing its own anti-corruption bill, which they say contains 34 of the 40 principles of Hazare-led bill in the proposed anti-corruption law which is now being studied by a parliamentary committee.
Hazare and his civil society representatives complain that the law should be tougher and denounce the fact that the moment the Prime Minister and most government officials are excluded from investigation.
Surprisingly, after Hazare revealed his intention to start an indefinite fast in a park located central Delhi, authorities decided to impose 22 conditions.

Hazare however rejected six of the conditions including limiting the number of participants and vehicles at the site and time of the protest among other things and vowed to defy the ban.
When he started his fast this morning and threatened to "fast to the death" in protest over widespread government corruption, Hazare, along with more than 1,000 of his supporters ended up being detained by the police after authorities said he had been denied permission for the rally.
Hazare's move angered the authorities who claimed the arrest action was necessary to prevent a breakdown in law and order  .
Mr Hazare, 74, is known to be an important figure of the fight against corruption in India, and ended a hunger strike after four days in April after the government agreed to implement some reforms.