India: Anna Hazare calls for anti-corruption protests

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[quote]Hunger striking Indian activist Anna Hazare has called for mass protests by his supporters against corruption.

The 72-year-old campaigner is on the fourth day of a fast to push for stringent new anti-corruption laws.

He wants his followers to "fill India's jails" in a mass campaign of non-violent civil disobedience on 13 April.

Thousands of people have joined Mr Hazare's protest. In recent months India has been rocked by a string of corruption scandals.

On Thursday, the government agreed to include civil society members in a new panel which Mr Hazare is demanding be set up to draft tighter anti-corruption legislation.

But differences remain over who will lead the panel and whether it will have legal powers.
'No violence'

Mr Hazare has said he wants the "jail bharo" (fill the prison) movement to take place across India.
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