Activists of Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum took part along with various other activists of civil society in a candlelight rally organised yesterday evening round the Municipal Garden, Margao.
The spontaneous support garnered by the septuagenarian former army truck driver turned environmentalist and social activist Anna Hazare, all over the country, succeeded in wresting credible commitments from the UPA government to table and pass a new Lok Pal (Ombudsman) Bill. This is a fantastic victory for civil activism. The core group around Hazare comprised of RTI activist & former IAS officer Arvind Kejriwal, Social activist Swami Agnivesh, environmentalist Medha Patkar, former high profile police officer Kiran Bedi and others.
It was a rare sight to see them joined by Industrialists, Bollywood stars and thousands of school and college students, besides people from all walks of life especially the middle class who of late have been shunning elections.
With this outpouring, it seems that Democracy is back in India.
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