Indian social activist Anna Hazare today threatened to sit on an indefinite hunger strike again in Delhi from October demanding passage of 'Jan Lokpal Bill', reports outlookindia.com.
Hazare came up with the forewarning while issuing a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing his disappointment over the government failure to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill as promised in 2011.
In the letter, Anna stated: "Corruption in the country has led to price hike and the government is not doing anything about it, therefore I have decided to go on another fast in October at the Ramlila Maidan."
He said he would later decide on the date for the fast.
"I ended my fast at the Ramlila Maidan as the government had promised me to table the Jan Lokpal Bill but two years have passed since then, nothing has been done," he added.
"The government has made false promises to me as well as the countrymen which is unacceptable," he said.
Anna said the government could achieve a majority after protests against the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and even during the Presidential elections but not could not do so for the Jan Lokpal Bill, which proves that they are not willing to fight against corruption.
"In the demands to the government we asked for a citizen’s charter, a strong Lokpal bill and a law to bring all government employees under the ambit of the Lokpal, no steps regarding that was taken," the letter added.
Earlier on April 5, 2011, Anna Hazare started an indefinite hunger strike to exert pressure on the Indian government to enact a stringent anti-corruption law, The Lokpal Bill, 2011 as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill, for the institution of an ombudsman with the power to deal with corruption in public places.
The fast led to nation-wide protests in support. Later, it ended on April 9, 2011, a day after the government accepted Hazare's demands. The government issued a gazette notification on the formation of a joint committee, consisting of government and civil society representatives, to draft the legislation.
For the year 2011, Foreign Policy magazine of his country named him among top 100 global thinkers. In the same year, Anna was ranked as the most influential person in Mumbai by an Indian daily newspaper.
He has faced criticism for his authoritarian views on justice, including death as punishment for corrupt public officials and his alleged support for forced vasectomies as a method of family planning.