Former IPS officer and social activist Kiran Bedi having a word with Anna Hazare during the second day of his indefinite hunger strike for Jan Lokpal Bill at his village in Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra on Wednesday
Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike pressing for passage of Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament entered its fourth day today.
The 76-year-old anti-corruption crusader has said that he will not break his fast till the Jan Lokpal Bill is passed in Parliament.
Hazare is fasting near the Yadavbaba temple at Ralegan Siddhi village in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, under the banner of 'Jantantra Morcha'.
Meanwhile, supporters of Hazare thronged the village from places like Pune and Aurangabad today.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Bala Nandgaonkar, who left for the village today, said he would be meeting Hazare to extend his party's support.
"We feel that the cause taken up by Anna is right. We request parties opposed to the bill to extend their support to the legislation," Nandgaonkar said.
Hazare's associate and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi is expected to join Anna's fast from tomorrow.
"People should dislodge the government through ballot if the bill is not passed in this session," she had said earlier.
The government has said it is serious about passing the ombudsman bill in the winter session, but Hazare has declared that he won't call off the fast till the bill is passed.
The social activist yesterday shot off a letter to the Prime Minister's Office, calling the government's attitude on the issue "a fraud on democracy" as it was not even on Parliament's agenda.
A team of Aaam Aadmi Party yesterday called on the Gandhian and vowed to continue lending support to his fight for an effective Jan Lokpal.