"... ...Hazare's ultimatum to the government to either accept his version of the Lokpal Bill or brace itself for his fast-unto-death, and escaating protests across the country, smack of blackmail.
The fact is that Civil Society's draft anti-corruption bill is unlikely to be the panacea for India's problem's.
As it is, only Parliament has the power to make laws in India (And, to its credit, the Government has accepted many of Hazare's recommendations)
Finally, Hazare's campaign against corruption is decidedly not the 'second war of independence'........"
(Extract from the Editorial in Daily Post, Chandigarh, August 18, 2011.)
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