NEW DELHI - Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today began his fast unto death demanding enactment of a comprehensive law like the Jan Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption.
72-year-old Hazare began his fast at Jantar Mantar after taking out a march from Rajghat where he paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.
"We will fast unto death until the government enacts the Jan Lokpal Bill which is most necessary to fight corruption in our country," Hazare told reporters here.
Activists Swami Agnivesh, Kiran Bedi and Sandeep Pandey were also present.
Hazare had yesterday said that he was saddened when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejected the demand by leading civil society members to include them and senior ministers in the joint committee to draft the Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's ombudsman Bill).
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