Anna sets conditions for ending fast, slams opposition

Veteran activist Anna Hazare encouraged the masses on Thursday, saying in a speech that they must keep the fight against corruption going.

Hazare said that Parliament and the prime minister himself saluted the movement.

Slamming the opposition, Hazare questioned the BJP's silence on the Jan Lokpal Bill.

Hazare laid down 3 demands before the governement.

Hazare said that corrupt officers must be jailed and their properties attached.

Insisting that the lower bureaucracy should brought under the ambit of the Lokpal, Hazare said that the Lok Ayuktas in every state should hold the powers of the Lokpal.

Hazare insisted that a citizen's charter should be in every government office.

Hazare said that if the government agreed to his conditions, he would consider ending his fast, but not his agitation, tomorrow.

Hazare said he wanted the Jan Lokpal Bill discussed in Parliament immediately.

Hazare said that the police must allow the protests to continue till September 2.

Hazare asked his followers to pull a jail bharo campaign and gherao the houses of MPs and MLAs.