Anna Hazare's fast enters Day 2; Ralegan Siddhi locals observe bandh

Business Standard Anna Hazare's fast enters Day 2; Ralegan Siddhi locals observe bandh

Doctors conducted a check-up of Hazare and asked his caretakers to monitor the activist's condition closely

Current Affairs: Social activist Anna Hazare's hunger strike entered the second day on Thursday as he remained defiant on his demand for appointment of anticorruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra and resolution of farmers' issues.

A bandh was also observed by locals in Hazare's native Ralegan Siddhi village in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district in support of his demands.

Hazare is sitting on a hunger strike in his village since Wednesday against "non-fulfilment" of assurances by the Centre and the Maharashtra government on the appointment of Lokpal and passage of the Lokayukta Act in the state.

The 81-year-old Army man-turned-activist has also been demanding appointment of Lokayuktas in states where such statutory anti-corruption watchdogs do not exist.

He has also been demanding implementation of the Swaminathan Commission recommendations on ways to address agrarian distress, besides some electoral reforms...Read More