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Candle Light March
Please join us in support of Yashwant Prakash Ji who enters into 10th day of his fast.

Venue: Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
When: Today (08/05/2012)
Time: 5.30 PM

 

India Against Corruption Movement

India Against Corruption (IAC) is a citizen's movement to demand strong anti-corruption laws. Lokpal bills were introduced several times since 1968, yet they were never passed by the Indian Parliament. After a fast by veteran social activist Anna Hazare and widespread protests by citizens across India the Government of India constituted a 10-member Joint Committee of ministers and civil society activists to draft an effective Jan Lokpal Bill. The primary focus of IAC movement is to ensure a strong Lokpal bill. The IAC is a strictly voluntary organization and its participants are bound by the IAC code of conduct.

Jan Lokpal

We are all part of this historic movement to eradicate corruption. Together, under the leadership of Anna Hazare ji, we are demanding the "Jan Lokpal Bill" - a strong law to ensure swift and certain punishment to the corrupt. Jan Lokpal Bill is a Law being made by the people and for the people.

What You can Do

Start your discussion forum

Two way direct communication between Jan Lokpal movement and the people of India

The anti-corruption movement has been going on for the last one year under the leadership of Shri Anna Hazare. Our demand is a strong Jan Lokpal Bill (JLB). The Government repeatedly promised to bring a strong Bill. We were also hopeful that the Government would present a strong anti-corruption bill - if not 100%, we were hopeful that the government would accept at least the bulk of our critical JLB provisions. Unfortunately, the Bill proposed by the Government is so dangerous because it kills even the existing anti-corruption system, let alone accepting the provisions in our JLB.

Friends! Now, it is clear that we have a long battle ahead because the government does not seem to be in any mood to pass a strong Bill. The struggle has also transcended from that of a simple Jan Lokpal Bill to very basis of our democracy. Is India really a democracy? Do people really have a say? The entire country wanted a strong Lokpal Bill. But the Parliamentarians were completely against it. All parties appeared to be against it. Ultimately, it was the will of the Parliamentarians and not that of the people, which has prevailed. Is this democracy?

The mainstream and social media has played a very critical role in this movement and we are very grateful to them for their support. Until now, the movement was completely dependent upon them to carry its messages to the people. They have been a great asset to this movement. However, they have their limitations. Firstly, the mainstream media does not carry the message in its entirety. Often, truncated "bytes" are shown. Sometimes, this creates confusion rather than promote the real facts. Secondly, people were unable to get answers to their questions as they did not have any direct communication with 'India Against Corruption' (IAC). Thirdly, people were not able to send their suggestions/ideas directly to IAC.

So, while we prepare ourselves for the long battle ahead, we want to open up new direct communication mechanisms with the people of India and not be entirely dependent on the mainstream media for communication. We plan to set up a two way direct communication process with the people. The goal is to form 'Discussion Groups' in every municipal ward in cities and in every village. These 'Discussion Groups' could work in the following manner:

1. Any volunteer could start a discussion group in his/her residential area or workplace or any other place with his/her colleagues, friends, neighbours etc.
2. Every Friday morning, a pamphlet will be uploaded on our website.
3. The volunteer should download that pamphlet and read it carefully. If he has any questions, he could clarify by calling on the helpline 97185 00606.
4. An invitation letter for that pamphlet would also be uploaded on the site. The volunteer may download that invitation letter, make copies thereof and distribute amongst people to invite them to join his discussion group.
5. Discussion group could meet every Sunday at 11 am or any other day or time convenient to all members of the discussion group.
6. The volunteer should discuss the issues contained in the pamphlet in the discussion group.
7. You may like to start the meeting with some prayer songs (see right side panel for some suggested prayer songs) and end it with the National Anthem.
8. The volunteer may try to answer the queries raised during the Discussion. He or she can write down those questions which he could not answer and email these questions to indiaagainstcorruption.2010@gmail.com or call our helpline and inform them.
9. The volunteer would be provided with the answers to these questions soon.
10. Our goal is to build a team of dedicated volunteers in every ward in cities and every village who will not only run independent 'Discussion Groups' but will also encourage other local residents to form and run such 'Discussion Groups'.

We hope that, through these pamphlets and discussion groups, we will be able to carry the movement's message directly to the people and start a two way communication with them. The people will not only be able to ask their questions through this system, but would also be able to send their suggestions and feedback. This will make it truly a people's movement run by the people themselves.

When large number of discussion groups start across the country, we can discuss several fundamental questions about our democracy and try to evolve a consensus on possible solutions. These discussion groups could eventually serve as a platform to prepare the nation for a complete transformation.