TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday called off his hunger strike on the seventh day of his protest in New Delhi, saying the government has assured him of steps ‘soon’ towards appointing Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in the states and addressing agrarian issues he flagged by him.
At the venue at Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who acted as the emissary of the Centre along with Union Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Shekhawat, said that the National Democratic Alliance government has taken ‘positive decisions’ in response to the demands of Hazare and several other farmers’ organisations.
Shekhawat, who read out a letter from Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh regarding Hazare’s demands, said the government will also convey issues raised by the activist relating electoral reforms to the Election Commission.
The 80-year-old anti-corruption activist, however, said he was giving the government six months time till August to come good on its assurance and warned that his protest will again begin in September if the demands were not met.
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