Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai will begin their indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar to corner the government once again from Wednesday. Social Activist Anna Hazare will join the strike from 29 July.
Besides campaigning for a strong Lokpal Bill, the Team Anna have three demands : setting up of a special investigation team to probe allegations of corruption against 15 ministers including PM Manmohan Singh, transfer of cases filed against political leaders like Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav and others from CBI to the SIT and fast-track courts to settle cases against 162 MPs in Lok Sabha and 39 in Rajya Sabha.
Earlier, Anna Hazare on Tuesday announced that he will go on an indefinite fast from July 29 if the government fails to take immediate steps to check corruption in high places.
Reversing his earlier decision, Anna said he will join his team members if the government does not agree to their demands within four days of their fast which will begin from Wednesday; the day president-elect Pranab Mukherjee will be sworn-in.
The members also hit out at the president-elect and termed his election as 'unfortunate'.
Anna's earlier protests stirred a nationwide movement. His protests also forced the government to introduce the Lokpal bill in the parliament. Though the Lok Sabha passed the bill, the Rajya Sabha is yet to clear it.
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