Chikkaballapur, Bangalore South bat for Anna Hazare

About 94.3% of Chikkaballapur constituency and 79.7% of Bangalore South voted to bring the prime minister under the ambit of the Jan Lokpal Bill in a citizen referendum organised by India Against Corruption (IAC).

The results showed that a majority of the population wanted the Lokpal Bill to be passed by the Parliament and not the "watered down, toothless" Bill drafted by the government.

The 6,000 participants at the referendum also said that being representatives of the people, members of parliament should vote for the Lokpal, not as per party directives but as per the voice of the majority in his/ her constituency (Chikkaballapur: 95.8%, Bangalore South: 87.3%)

The participants also voted to bring judges under Lokpal, give adequate powers to the Lokpal to dismiss officers guilty of corruption, monitor corruption at the central as well as state level through Lokayuktas and to bring all levels of officers under the Bill.

The questionnaire prepared by IAC had a set of eight questions that brought out crucial differences between the Jan Lokpal Bill and the Lokpal Bill put forth by the government and asked for the people's vote on the same.

Around ten parliamentary constituencies across the nation are currently conducting a similar exercise and the results from the nation-wide campaign will be consolidated and presented to the members of the Parliament in time for the monsoon session.