Joyous Anna Hazare thanks Rajya Sabha members for passing Lokpal Bill

As soon as the Bill will be passed in Lok Sabha,I will break my indefinite fast,Anna said.

As soon as Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari announced that the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill,2011 was passed in the House,anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and supporters erupted in joy at his village Ralegan Siddhi.

Anna’s supporters expressed their joy by dancing to patriotic numbers,lighting fire crackers and shouting ‘Jai Hind’.

Hazare,who has been fasting for last eight days,thanked the Parliamentarians for “listening to the voices of the countrymen”.

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“Today the Bill has been passed in Rajya Sabha. I thanks the MPs of all the political parties except Samajwadi Party (SP) who supported the Bill. I am confident that the Bill will be passed in Lok Sabha tomorrow,” said a visibly jubilant Anna.

“I am glad that the MPs of the political parties finally acknowledged that the people of this country demanded a Bill to fight corruption which has made the lives of common citizens miserable,” he said.

He said that as soon as the Bill will be passed in Lok Sabha on Wednesday,he will break his indefinite fast.

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