Victory for Democracy, Triumph of People Power: Anna Hazare's Non-Violent Anti-Corruption Movement

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The event was marked by celebrations across the country. Breaking his fast on August 28, 2011, Hazare said, "The movement has created a faith that the country can be rid of corruption"11. While the press commented, "The campaign has sent out a message that India will not put up with the delinquent behavior of politicians", there were also cautionary statements..... Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India's largest enterprises, remarked that there was huge responsibility on citizens to remember that a protest at the Ramlila grounds13 did not confer legitimacy on every petty and vested interest.14

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The 2008 Bribe Payers Survey, carried out by Transparency International18 that evaluated the likelihood of firms from the world's industrialized countries paying bribes abroad, ranked India among the bottom four along with Russia, China, and Mexico.19 Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics and Law at Columbia University, observed that corruption in India had grown significantly in recent times and pointed out that politicians had got used to the practice of raising money for elections because of the absence of a system to raise money legally for political campaigns......

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