Jan Lokpal - The Public Ombudsman

It has been quite a week for many in the country. The anti-graft bill or the Lokpal Bill was finally passed in both the houses of the Parliament. Although the bill is not the "originally proposed" Jan-Lokpal Bill but nonetheless, it is an achievement for the people involved in the social movement for getting the bill into play. 

This particular bill has been the root cause for many important events that has taken place in the past two years. The movement India Against Corruption was started two years ago by Anna Hazare with the main motive to pressurise the government into getting the bill into force. It has seen the highest amount of social involvement of the public of India for the first time in support of a bill and was largely against the government.
This finally led to the movement getting ruptured and divided by Arvind Kejriwal, then an aid of Anna Hazare, who had the guts and zeal to get the thing done in a different way. It was he who gave Aam Aadmi Party its name, the curriculum and its first victory. Arvind and Anna had the same vision but on different paths. 

Then came the latest fast by Anna Hazare for the Lokpal Bill. This has been seen as not that difficult for Anna Hazare and his fellow companions as this time it witnessed the things going very easily for them. It was an easy fast and did not involve any disputes. It started very smooth and got over in the same pace. The difference this time was the presence of an already convinced government. After having faced a shameful loss in the recent State Elections, it was time for the Congress Party to get its feet on the ground and start showing some energy. The party that had opposed the bill for the greater part of its fight had suddenly become its biggest supporter. This was definitely done to portray the people of India that they were against corruption and that they should be made victorious once again. 

The fate of the bill is a modified bill and this can take effect by the mid-2014 as a law. Anna Hazare claims that the law might reduce the corruption by 40%. Lets pray for the best of this country.