Anti-corruption group eyes Kapil Sibal’s turf

Survey to be conducted among Chandni Chowk residents about Lokpal issue

Anti-corruption group eyes Kapil Sibal's turf

Survey to be conducted among Chandni Chowk residents about Lokpal issue

Volunteers from India Against Corruption (IAC), that has been spearheading the battle for an effective Lokpal, will soon be visiting a large number of homes at Chandni Chowk locality of Central Delhi to conduct a survey on the issue. Chandni Chowk is also the parliamentary constituency of Union minister Kapil Sibal, a representative from the government in the Lokpal bill drafting committee.

United we stand: Lokpal drafting committee member Arvind Kejriwal
interacts with public during registration of volunteers for the fight
against corruption, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, on Sunday.
Pic/Imtiyaz Khan

India Against Corruption, will also conduct surveys across the country through its volunteers, finding out what people want in their anti-corruption bill, their point of view regarding black money and corruption.

Arvind Kejriwal, member of the Civil Society group was also present in the Capital to address volunteers. He told the participants about the dos and don'ts and trained them regarding the survey to be conducted from July 21 to July 24.

At the site, one could witness the tremendous support that the Lokpal bill is getting form from the youngsters. More than a thousand volunteers were present at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, most in the age group of 18-25.
Vikas Bhadauria, 18, was one of them. "We all want to fight against corruption. We are the future of this country and we have to wake up and help the country and free it from all the menaces," he said.

Recently, a survey was conducted in Chandni Chowk on a trial basis for a day so that the volunteers could have an idea about the locality, its people, their ideologies and their reaction towards being surveyed. OMR sheets were handed over to the people. The survey aims to take down the views of 7 lakh people of Chandni Chowk within a span of four days.

According to the organisers, the volunteers will distribute the forms in the first two days and in the next two days they will be collecting back the sheets. The success of the survey can not be determined till the end of the fourth day since it depends on the how willingly the residents participate in it.

Anna to move Sc
Social activist Anna Hazare will be moving Supreme Court today seeking its intervention to prevent the government from suppressing his fast from August 16 as it did in case of Baba Ramdev. Hazare had announced indefinite fast from August 16 at Jantar Mantar in a bid to put pressure on the government to have a strong lokpal to fight corruption. "Government said we will suppress the agitation of Anna Hazare as had been done in the case of Ramdev. Is this democracy or autocracy? You cannot suppress.... That is why we will go to the Supreme Court tomorrow," Hazare said on Sunday. Hazare said that the Constitution has given right to every citizen to protest democratically and he will start his indefinite fast from August 16 as announced.