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'''India Against Corruption''' ('''IAC''') is a non-political anti-corruption movement in India since 2007 which rose to prominence during the anti-corruption protests of ]. Divisions among personalities on IAC's platform eventually led to the formation of the ].


== Rise ==
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The IAC popular movement which began in 2007<ref>{{cite web | author=Web Desk | title=Rahul says AAP was propped up by BJP to bring down UPA, subvert democracy | website=The Week | date=2020-09-15 | url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/09/15/rahul-says-bjp-propped-up-aam-aadmi-party-to-bring-down-upa-subvert-democracy.html | access-date=2024-03-25}}</ref><ref>https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/iac-rejects-congress-s-conspiracy-charge-against-forum-117122500566_1.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> as a Hindutva affiliated movement for ] activists concerned with exposing Commonwealth Games and other "scams", expanded as part of a ] from 2010.<ref>{{cite news |first=Abantika |last=Ghosh |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/shifting-stir-to-mumbai-a-mistake-iac/893269/0 |title=Shifting stir to Mumbai a mistake: IAC |work=The Indian Express|date=29 December 2011 |access-date=20 March 2014}}</ref> which hoped to bring about a corruption-free India. The campaign gained strength through ], building a massive network of supporters. Initially ], a populist Indian ] seemed to be the figurehead for this campaign but his connections to the right-wing ] threatened to damage the credibility of what was perceived as an apolitical movement.<ref name="How Ramdev & Sri Sri got together, grew apart 2011 p. ">{{citation | title=How Ramdev & Sri Sri got together, grew apart | date=2011-06-02 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/how-ramdev-sri-sri-got-together-grew-apart/ | access-date=2024-04-16 | page=}}</ref><ref name="The Economic Times 2011 z419">{{cite web | title=Ramdev's agitation fully backed by RSS & its front organisations: PC | website=The Economic Times | date=2011-06-09 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ramdevs-agitation-fully-backed-by-rss-its-front-organisations-pc/articleshow/8782716.cms?from=mdr | access-date=2024-04-16}}</ref> This led to IAC's managers substituting him as centrepiece by ] whose connections to Sangh Parivar were less obvious.<ref>{{cite web | last=Ghosh | first=Abantika | title=IAC 100% RSS front: Long-time aides tell Anna to correct course | website=The Indian Express | date=2012-01-09 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/iac-100-rss-front-longtime-aides-tell-anna-to-correct-course/ | access-date=2024-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=No differences with IAC, we work together: Anna Hazare aides | website=India Today | date=2012-01-09 | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/lokpal-anna-hazare-india-against-corruption-89018-2012-01-08 | ref={{sfnref | India Today | 2012}} | access-date=2024-04-16}}</ref><ref name="Srivastava 2011 t102">{{cite web | last=Srivastava | first=Piyush | title=Congress sharpens knives for Anna Hazare over RSS link | website=India Today | date=2011-10-08 | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/congress-targets-anna-hazare-as-rss-admits-links-142898-2011-10-07 | access-date=2024-04-16}}</ref> Hazare's support base is described by ] as being largely "from urban middle-classes and idealistic youth". The urban support for Hazare attracted high-profile support for the campaign from ] stars, the internet-savvy, and mainstream English-language news media.<ref name="Nanda">{{cite book |title=The God Market: How Globalization is Making India More Hindu |first=Meera |last=Nanda |author-link=Meera Nanda |publisher=NYU Press |year=2011 |isbn=9781583673096 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxVvrSevzQsC&pg=PR22 |pages=xxii-xxiii}}</ref>
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== Aftermath ==
The '''India Against Corruption''' ''Jan Andolan'' ('''IAC''') is a collective organised synergistic<ref>"About Us" IAC website, </ref> ]<ref name=hin>{{Cite news |title=City activists garner support for Jan Lokpal bill|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/City-activists-garner-support-for-Jan-Lokpal-bill/Article1-673145.aspx |work=Hindustan Times |location=India |date=14 March 2011 }}</ref> formed to ensure a corruption free ]. The apolitical movement has spawned a non-affiliated political party the ]{{cite}} after a split.
In 2012, the IAC began to disassociate from Hazare's followers (then popularly known as "Team Anna").<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/lokpal-anna-hazare-india-against-corruption-89018-2012-01-08 | title=No differences with IAC, we work together: Anna Hazare aides | date=9 January 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The End of Authority: How a Loss of Legitimacy and Broken Trust Are Endangering Our Future |first=Douglas E. |last=Schoen |author-link=Douglas Schoen |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2013 |isbn=9781442220324 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bbF8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA185 |pages=185–186}}</ref> On 3 August 2012, the deep differences of opinion among the central figures of the anti-corruption protest spilled into the public domain. ]'s faction conducted an online survey which suggested that direct involvement in politics was preferable, leading to their exit to form the ] (AAP). On 5 August 2012 Hazare rejected the survey findings and announced he was disbanding Team Anna.<ref>{{cite news |agency=PTI |location=New Delhi |date=19 September 2012 |title=Anna Hazare tells Arvind Kejriwal not to use his name, photo for votes as they part ways |work=India Today|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/team-anna-split-anna-hazare-arvind-kejriwal-part-ways/1/217947.html |access-date=12 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=So what is the Aam Aadmi Party all about|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/what-is-the-aam-aadmi-party-all-about/1/234564.html|date=24 November 2012|work=India Today|location=New Delhi |access-date=12 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Hazare-disbands-Team-Anna-says-no-talks-with-govt-on-Lokpal/articleshow/15374041.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203031501/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-06/india/33064289_1_team-anna-core-committee-anna-hazare-lokpal-bill |url-status=live |archive-date=3 December 2013 |title=Hazare disbands Team Anna, says no talks with govt on Lokpal |date=6 August 2012 |work=] |access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref>


In November 2012 Hazare said that he was forming a new Team Anna 2.0 which would have a new office in New Delhi and use the label India against Corruption.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/after-announcing-team-anna-hazare-to-inaugurate-new-office-in-delhi/305049-3-244.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113211832/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/after-announcing-team-anna-hazare-to-inaugurate-new-office-in-delhi/305049-3-244.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2012 |title=After announcing team, Anna Hazare to inaugurate new office in Delhi |publisher=IBN Live |date=11 November 2012 |access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/team-anna-gets-new-people.-but-will-their-gameplan-be-a-game-changer/1/229234.html |title=Team Anna gets new people. But will their gameplan be a game-changer? |work=India Today|date=15 November 2012 |access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref>
==Origins of IAC==
Eventually Team Anna instead adopted the name Jantantra Morcha after the India Against Corruption name owners swiftly took it over to focus instead on Right to Information issues instead of the Jan Lokpal.<ref>{{cite news |last=Khandekar |first=Nivedita |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/anti-corruption-body-abandons-janlokpal/story-m8y4b7EWjL8UExhJI8afoM.html |title=Anti-corruption body abandons Janlokpal |work=Hindustan Times |location=New Delhi |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2013-09-03 |accessdate=2024-04-13 |quote= Hazare, who formed the Jantantra Morcha. The group, which now runs — and claims to own — the IAC, mostly comprises Right to Information (RTI) activists. The group had taken over the IAC immediately after the split but held its first formal meeting on Monday. Its national convenor Sarbajit Roy said: “We do not support Janlokpal or the Lokpal. You cannot have a comprehensive Lokpal dealing with petty local corruption as well as systemic mega corruption deals such as 2G or defence deals.” In its new avatar, the IAC decided that the RTI was virtually dead and that “there is a need to defend RTI in India”. }}</ref> Welcoming Anna's Jantantra Morcha initiative in 2015, National convener of India Against Corruption, Sarabjit Roy said IAC has nothing against Anna since he was never officially a part of IAC nor was he a leader of the movement. IAC's concerns were that Anna is misled into associations with projects and people that he shouldn't be with and Anna was then in the company of scoundrels. As per Roy, IAC is now a group of intellectuals after Arvind Kejriwal took all the aam aadmis (common folk) to politics.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shrivastava |first=Anvit |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/anna-hazare-launches-anti-graft-front/articleshow/46790597.cms |title=Anna Hazare launches anti-graft front |work=Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2015-04-03 |accessdate=2024-04-13 |quote=National convener of India Against Corruption, Sarabjit Roy, cautiously welcomed Anna's initiative. "We have nothing against Anna. He was never officially a part of IAC nor was he a leader of the movement. Our concern is that Anna gets associated with projects and people that he shouldn't be with. He has been misled. He was in the company of scoundrels. IAC is no more an aam aadmi movement, as Arvind took all the aam aadmis to politics. We are a group of intellectuals now." }}</ref> The denuded Team Anna's sporadic claims to the India Against Corruption name for political purposes was regularly disputed by the India Against Corruption organization which stated
"India Against Corruption" describes itself as a ''Jan Andolan'' (or people's movement). The IAC is a registered body originally associated with the ] founded by ] in 1923 at ]<ref>"Team Anna conflict with IAC, Original IAC makes bribery allegations" </ref> and claims associations with famous revolutionaries like ], ], ] and ] etc.<ref>IAC mailing list home page </ref>
<blockquote>''These persons are imposters of IAC who are misusing our name for electioneering purposes. IAC is a non-political body, and we strongly object to utilisation of our well known name in connection with Mr. Anna Hazare or for political motives.''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/delhi/anna-to-address-on-electoral-reforms-392625 |title=Anna to address on electoral reforms |work=The Tribune |date=2017-04-16 |accessdate=2024-04-13 }}</ref><br />''Gen (Retd.) V.K.Singh was never associated with India Against Corruption and neither was Mr. Anna Hazare a part of it. Referring to them in the context of IAC is misleading especially in context of political activity."<ref>{{cite news |last=Ramachandran |first=Smriti Kak |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-is-the-only-party-that-thinks-of-national-interest-says-vk-singh/article5739915.ece |title=BJP is the only party that thinks of national interest, says V.K. Singh |work=The Hindu |location=Ghaziabad |date=2021-11-17 |accessdate=2024-04-13 |quote=Gen (Retd.) V.K.Singh was never associated with India Against Corruption and neither was Mr. Anna Hazare a part of it. Referring to them in the context of IAC is misleading especially in context of political activity }}</ref>''</blockquote>


==Objectives of the movement== == See also ==
* ]
IAC's current objective, as stated on its website, is for direct participatory democracy of citizens (without caring about leaders or big names) to rid the Greater Indian nation of corruption wherever it is found by whatever means necessary. Accordingly, IAC offers and manages a series of platforms and tools to empower individuals who share a common dream that someday (soon) corruption will be eliminated in India.<ref>IAC website. </ref> Membership in the movement reaffirms a primary Constitutional duty to defend the sovereignty, unity and integrity of the nation and its people by all means.<ref>"IAC's rules" </ref>


==IAC Charter== == References ==
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With the exit of the Aam Aadmi Party adherents on 26/11/2012, IAC's new Charter was adopted by the membership with effect from 01/01/2013.<ref>IAC's "India Resists" mailing list </ref> Some salient clauses from it:-<ref>IAC Charter permalink http://indiaagainstcorruption.net.in/iac-charter+171910 and .PDF </ref>
===Corruption defined===
Corruption the IAC opposes and seeks to eliminate is defined as being co-terminus with those offences punishable under :-
*Chapter III of The Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, or
*Similar special laws in force within the territory of India or beyond, or
*International treaties and conventions India is signatory to.
===An apolitical movement===
Members or adherents of any political party will delink themselves from the movement and unsubscribe themselves from the IAC mailing list.
===A Disciplined, Principled and Democratic People’s Movement===
Members will be bound by, the movement’s operational and strategic principles contained in the IAC manifesto. There is no “High Command” in the IAC andolan. The role of IAC’s Core Committee is administrative, advisory and directionary. All IAC’s organs are expected to be transparent and report regularly to the movement.
===Issues===
Issues to be taken up by IAC, from time to time, include:-


== External links ==
*Defence of the Indian nation and its brave defenders
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*Ensuring supremacy of qualified professionals/specialists in their field
*Legal process including judicial reform and police reform/systems
*General economic reform and policy
*Education reform
*Town planning to benefit citizens
*Healthcare delivery and Healthcare reform to benefit citizens
*Grassroots movements for equality and emancipation
*Citizen’s participation in public processes
*Strict monitoring and regulation of the media
*Agrarian reform
*Industrial reform
*Societal and religious reform
*Monitoring and tracking corruption
*Eliminating corruption


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==IAC split ==
===Formation of a political party===
From the start of the 23 July 2012 fast, it was clear that crowds had deserted ] over the past few months. On 27 July morning when Anna Hazare joined him in fast the crowd count was a mere 300. Nothing could disguise the thinning crowds from the cameras overhead and Arvind's supporters were misbehaving with female journalists present who were televising the empty stands.<ref>"Team Anna fast: Supporters misbehave with women scribes" ''Indian Express'' 27.July.2012 </ref> With the Government in no mood to give in to his rigid demands, Arvind, to save his face, unilaterally announced a decision to morph the movement into a political party on 02.Aug.2012. 2 days on, Anna disbanded his team and ambiguously blogged his displeasure. The sudden decision to float a political party had scattered the IAC, dismayed many of its core members, and brought simmering frictions into the open. Earlier on 22.April 2012 activist ] and 5 other IAC core committee members had opposed the formation of a political party when it was first seriously discussed. They were not called to meetings after that.<ref>"The Kejriwal conundrum" ''Tehelka'' Aug 12, 2012 </ref>. Though efforts were made to patch up their divisions, by September 2012 Team-Anna now openly blamed ] for announcing his decision to leave IAC to form a political party and accused of ''wrecking the anti-corruption campaign because of his political ambitions'' and gave final confirmation ''the movement has split due to politics.''.<ref>"Arvind Kejriwal blamed for splitting group" ''The Times of India'' 29 Sept, 2012, </ref>


===Congress party questions Arvind Kejriwal===
On 20/Oct/2012 Mr Digvijay Singh a General Secretary of the ruling ] Party circulated 27 pointed questions targeting Arvind Kejriwal's misdeeds, his intentions and his sources of funding especially foreign funding.<ref>"Now, Digvijay Singh poses 27 questions to Arvind Kejriwal", ''Business Standard'' </ref><ref>"Digvijaya Singh now questions Arvind Kejriwal on foreign funds to his NGO", ''IBNlive'' </ref> With all round demands that Arvind Kejriwal first answer these queries before challenging the Prime Minister to a public debate<ref>"Arvind Kejriwal should first answer Digvijay Singh's questions: Congress" ''NDTV'' </ref> and no answers forthcoming from the "Arvind faction", a ginger group within the IAC's HQ began circulating, from 24/Oct/2012, a series of emails to the IAC's workers (and many journalists) replying to the first 9 of Singh's questions on behalf of IAC, alleging that Kejriwal’s actions are anti-movement and his decision to form a party without the approval of the IAC National Council and the general body had caused considerable confusion in minds of the workers, and that the IAC movement was also getting distracted from IAC’s long term goals by Kejriwal’s "antics". Team Arvind promptly denounced the IAC HQ group as "imposters".<ref>"IAC ‘imposter’ slams Kejriwal in bulk emails sent to party database" ''FirstPost'' </ref>

===Cyber War incidents===
The tug-o-war between the 2 IAC factions in October 2012 and a series of cyber/hacking incidents between "IAC HQ" and the "Arvind faction" resulted in a "coup" for control over the IAC database for benefit of all supporters of IAC movement not only those aligned to the political faction.<ref>"Now, a parallel IAC" Sreelatha Menon, Business Standard, New Delhi edn. Oct 24, 2012 </ref>. On 26/10/2012 the "parallel IAC" accused Team Arvind of hacking and disabling its mailing list.

===Kejriwal withdraws===
On 10.Nov.2012 Kejriwal said he would not use the name of India Against Corruption after 26.Nov.2012 .<ref>{{cite web|title=Hazare claims IAC's name, Kejriwal says will oblige Read more: http://india.nydailynews.com/politicsarticle/1d8dc15a1e6b7fb30Hazare-claims-iacs-name-kejriwal-says-will-oblige|url=http://india.nydailynews.com/politicsarticle/1d8dc15a1e6b7fb30863577d5ce1d900/hazare-claims-iacs-name-kejriwal-says-will-oblige|publisher=india.nydailynews.com|accessdate=24 November 2012}}</ref>

===IAC++ mailing list relaunched===
The next day 11.Nov.2012, the IAC's mailing list is re-launched by the apolitical faction, stating ''The IAC is an apolitical people's social movement to "cause" change in society.''<ref>IAC mailing list archive </ref><ref>"IAC slams Kejriwal in bulk emails sent to party database" ''FirstPost'' (Delhi) </ref>

===Team Arvind accused of again hacking IAC mailing list===
On 26/12/2012 IAC's cyber-media coordinator ] again accused ] of disabling the IAC's primary mailing list with 27,000 subscribers. This time the mailing list had shown content on Arvind's men allegedly killing a cop during the ] and had just published that ] was terminated from the movement at her request.<ref>"Anna mail list shows content on Arvind men killing cop, disabled" Millenium Post , India Today , NDTV </ref>. The mailing list was restored the next day.

== Office bearers of the movement ==
* ] - veteran Gandhian and anti-corruption activist
* ] - Activist advocate and National Convenor, IAC<ref>"About Us" IAC website, </ref>
* ] -RTI activist and journalist, General Secretary, IAC<ref>"About Us" IAC website, </ref>
* ] - RTI activist and corruption fighter from ], General Secretary
* ] - Civil rights activist and noted blogger, General Secretary
* ] - National Cyber-media Coordinator <ref>"Team Anna's bitter battle with Team Kejriwal", NDTV.com 26/12/2012 </ref><ref>"Anna team blames Team Arvind for disabling mailing list", The Hindu, 26/12/2012 </ref><ref>"Aam Aadmi Party accused of disabling Team Anna mailing list" India Today, 26/12/2012 </ref>

==See also==
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==References==
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Anti-corruption movement in India

India Against Corruption (IAC) is a non-political anti-corruption movement in India since 2007 which rose to prominence during the anti-corruption protests of 2011. Divisions among personalities on IAC's platform eventually led to the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party.

Rise

The IAC popular movement which began in 2007 as a Hindutva affiliated movement for Right to Information activists concerned with exposing Commonwealth Games and other "scams", expanded as part of a larger wave of demonstrations and protests from 2010. which hoped to bring about a corruption-free India. The campaign gained strength through social media, building a massive network of supporters. Initially Ramdev, a populist Indian yogi seemed to be the figurehead for this campaign but his connections to the right-wing Sangh Parivar threatened to damage the credibility of what was perceived as an apolitical movement. This led to IAC's managers substituting him as centrepiece by Anna Hazare whose connections to Sangh Parivar were less obvious. Hazare's support base is described by Meera Nanda as being largely "from urban middle-classes and idealistic youth". The urban support for Hazare attracted high-profile support for the campaign from Bollywood stars, the internet-savvy, and mainstream English-language news media.

Aftermath

In 2012, the IAC began to disassociate from Hazare's followers (then popularly known as "Team Anna"). On 3 August 2012, the deep differences of opinion among the central figures of the anti-corruption protest spilled into the public domain. Arvind Kejriwal's faction conducted an online survey which suggested that direct involvement in politics was preferable, leading to their exit to form the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). On 5 August 2012 Hazare rejected the survey findings and announced he was disbanding Team Anna.

In November 2012 Hazare said that he was forming a new Team Anna 2.0 which would have a new office in New Delhi and use the label India against Corruption. Eventually Team Anna instead adopted the name Jantantra Morcha after the India Against Corruption name owners swiftly took it over to focus instead on Right to Information issues instead of the Jan Lokpal. Welcoming Anna's Jantantra Morcha initiative in 2015, National convener of India Against Corruption, Sarabjit Roy said IAC has nothing against Anna since he was never officially a part of IAC nor was he a leader of the movement. IAC's concerns were that Anna is misled into associations with projects and people that he shouldn't be with and Anna was then in the company of scoundrels. As per Roy, IAC is now a group of intellectuals after Arvind Kejriwal took all the aam aadmis (common folk) to politics. The denuded Team Anna's sporadic claims to the India Against Corruption name for political purposes was regularly disputed by the India Against Corruption organization which stated

These persons are imposters of IAC who are misusing our name for electioneering purposes. IAC is a non-political body, and we strongly object to utilisation of our well known name in connection with Mr. Anna Hazare or for political motives.
Gen (Retd.) V.K.Singh was never associated with India Against Corruption and neither was Mr. Anna Hazare a part of it. Referring to them in the context of IAC is misleading especially in context of political activity."

See also

References

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  18. Shrivastava, Anvit (3 April 2015). "Anna Hazare launches anti-graft front". Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 13 April 2024. National convener of India Against Corruption, Sarabjit Roy, cautiously welcomed Anna's initiative. "We have nothing against Anna. He was never officially a part of IAC nor was he a leader of the movement. Our concern is that Anna gets associated with projects and people that he shouldn't be with. He has been misled. He was in the company of scoundrels. IAC is no more an aam aadmi movement, as Arvind took all the aam aadmis to politics. We are a group of intellectuals now."
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  20. Ramachandran, Smriti Kak (17 November 2021). "BJP is the only party that thinks of national interest, says V.K. Singh". The Hindu. Ghaziabad. Retrieved 13 April 2024. Gen (Retd.) V.K.Singh was never associated with India Against Corruption and neither was Mr. Anna Hazare a part of it. Referring to them in the context of IAC is misleading especially in context of political activity

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