Anna hazare why fasting

He became a national icon when he was arrested Aug 16 before he began his fast and was put in Tihar jail and was released under mounting public pressure. After 12 days of fasting and sustained media attention, fed astutely by his SMS-wielding tech-savvy minders, Hazare may have got unprecedented national limelight now, but the diminutive activist, clad in the traditional white kurta-pyjama and a Gandhi cap, has been a quiet revolutionary back in his home state Maharashtra for decades. His first target was his own village, Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district.

It was a miserable and drought-prone place with insufficient rainfall and lacking any economic base. In , he launched watershed development programmes and persuaded people to change their ways and managed to transform the barely breathing village to one Mahatma Gandhi would have been proud of.

Years later, India honoured his work by awarding him a Padma Shri in and a Padma Bhushan in But, unlike many, he would not rest on his laurels. He unleashed a war on corruption, launching the Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Aandolan. In , Anna undertook a nine-day fast to support a farmers' stir to draw attention to the agrarian crisis and power shortage in the state. The government accepted most of the demands. Hazare's reputation as a man of integrity gave him clout that his detractors find difficult to battle.

A self-made man with no airs, his father was an unskilled labourer. Out of school, Hazare sold flowers and set up a floral shop in Mumbai before the Chinese attack of led him into the army. Young men and women visited the tent sporting caps like Hazare's and chanted "I am Anna too".

For the first time, television channels devoted themselves exclusively to a movement. Medha Patkar, still an independent activist devoid of political affiliation, is no longer a part of Hazare's movement. While on his way out, Vishwambhar Choudhari told Times of India that it was the abysmal lack of buzz surrounding Anna's March stir in Delhi that drove him to dissociate himself from the movement.

Earlier, he had a core committee and a process for holding negotiations. Now it is only Anna and the government who do the talking," he had said. Even though Hazare's core considerations have remained the same — a fair governance aided by the Lokyukta and ease of living for farmers — the media's perception of him changed as well. Anna Hazare's fast in New Delhi drew thousands of supporters.

Manu Joseph writes on LiveMint that before Hazare's famous Delhi fast in , he was only remotely known as an activist. Editors considered him a puritan and were unaware of the right-wing slant of his beliefs.

As his revolutionary fast began, Hazare gave out a message that was not just anti-politician but also anti-rich. He and his followers lamented that politicians were building roads and airports when farmers were starving. Soon, it was an anti-Congress movement because by then, the Congress had become the poster child of corruption in the country. However, what urban India viewed as a protest against a corrupt government was soon imbued with Hazare's immense personal liking for the BJP, reported The Washington Post.

A Financial Express report notes that after the Lok Sabha vote on the Jan Lokpal Bill was concluded in , television reporters had asked Hazare what he thought of the BJP, which like the Congress, had not endorsed the essential features of the Lokpal in Parliament.

But his weight loss was faster in the first five days," the Pune doctor said. On the secret of Hazare's health, the Pune doctor said, "I've been told Hazare practises yoga two hours a day and his diet has been fixed for over four decades. The longest fast came in , when he went on a hunger strike for 14 days to demand the removal of two Maharashtra cabinet members.

However, at that time he was 59 years old. Today he is fasting at the age of Hazare was born on June 15, Facebook Twitter Linkedin EMail. Start a Conversation. Spotlight Blockchain a game changer for seed funding? Coronavirus outbreak Covaxin vaccine Cowin vaccine registration Coronavirus live news Corona cases today Covshield vaccine. Follow us on. Living and entertainment iDiva MensXP.