Noted social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday threatened to go on indefinite fast from April 5 if the prime minister does not initiate action for coming out with a strong Lokpal bill, by March end.Hazare said he had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that he will go on an indefinite strike from April 5 if the government does not come with a draft of a strong Lokpal bill by March-end.Hazare demanded that the government immediately set up a committee with at least half of its members being from civil society.

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