09 August,2011 05:32 PM IST | | Agencies
Veteran social activist Anna Hazare flagged off a rally here on Tuesday ahead of his proposed hunger strike from August 16 to oppose the Lokpal Bill.
Scores of locals participated in the rally, which was flagged off from Swami Narayan temple in central Dadar (East).
The rally is supposed to is supposed to culminate at Azad Maidan in southern Mumbai.
"It is sad that he (Anna Hazare) has to go to this level to protest and even now, our ministers who are called the kings of the country and run it, are not yet understanding what people want," said Veena Shangvi, member of Jagruk Nagrik Manch and India Against Corruption (a citizen's movement for stronger anti-corruption laws).
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Hazare will also address a gathering at the Azad Maidan here later in the day.
The much-debated Lokpal Bill, which aims to set up an anti-corruption watchdog in the country, was tabled in the Lok Sabha on August 4.
Anna Hazare and his supporters, however, burnt copies of the Lokpal Bill in Pune later, claiming that the anti-corruption legislation tabled in its present form in Parliament, would not be able to deal with corruption.
The proposed legislation introduced in the Lok Sabha doesn't cover the Prime Minister within the purview of the ombudsman during his or her term in office.
But once the Prime Minister demits the office, he or she may be investigated for any wrongdoing during the term.
