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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 ]. | |||
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| '''India Against Corruption''' ('''IAC''') is a term that was used, along with '''Team Anna''',{{sfn|Brysk|2013}} to describe a movement{{sfn|Encyclopaedia Britannica|2012|p=408}}{{sfn|Schoen|2013|p=146}} or campaign{{sfn|Encyclopaedia Britannica|2012|p=408}} led by ]{{sfn|Brysk|2013}}{{sfn|Encyclopaedia Britannica|2012|p=408}}{{sfn|Schoen|2013|p=146}} that sought to mobilise the masses in support of their demands for a less corrupt society in India.{{sfn|Brysk|2013}}{{refn|group=note|name="IAC-HRA"}} It was headed mostly by middle-class professionals and lawyers{{sfn|Nanda|2011|p=xxii}} and was particularly prominent during the anti-corruption protests of ] and ], the central point of which was debate concerning the introduction of a ]. | |||
| The IAC spawned the breakaway ] and ]. Although nominally apolitical, The present group of people who refer to themselves as IAC are no longer promoting the Lokpal agenda and have instead turned to promoting ]. | |||
| == Rise == | == Rise == | ||
| 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> | |||
| {{See also |2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|2012 Indian anti-corruption movement}} | |||
| == Aftermath == | |||
| According to the present IAC, which dates itself back to 2006,{{refn|group=note|name="IAC-HRA"|The present "India Against Corruption" is related to the ].<ref name="IAC-HRA" /> According to the present IAC the term "IAC" was dubbed in 1973 by ] as a renaming of "India Against Colonialism", an organisation grounded by the ] in the 1920's. The present IAC was formed in 2006.<ref name="IAC-HRA" /> Permission to use the name "IAC" was obtained from the "Hindustan Republican Army" in 2007.<ref name="IAC-HRA" />}} the name "IAC" came to be used in 2007 for a movement to monitor accounts of the ] of 2010.<ref name="IAC-HRA" /> Between 2007 and 2010 this movement filed a series of coordinated ] requests to gaint information from the Government and Games Organising Committees.<ref name="IAC-HRA" /> According to the present IAC, in 2010 the name "India Against Corruption" was adopted by the ] of ] for a wider popular movement against the excesses of Congress,<ref name="IAC-HRA" /> but turned into a campaign for a ], which was not supported by the 2006-IAC.<ref name="IAC-HRA" />{{refn|group=note|According to the present IAC, "The usage of IAC name was only approved to protest and litigate against the Common Wealth Games 2010 scams in 2010, and was withdrawn on 9 Dec. 2010 to (''sic'') Team Arvind."<ref name="IAC-HRA" /> The 2006-IAC objected against the use of the term "IAC" by this popular movement for ''Lokpal Bill andolan'' and to the association of persons like Ramdev, Agnivesh, Kiran Bedi, Aruna Roy and others under its banner.<ref name="IAC-HRA" ></ref> According to iamiac.com, "this movement and its logo have evolved from the movement "India against Colonization",<ref name="IAC-fiasco" /> and are affiliated to "Hindustan Republic Association" originally founded by Sachindranath Sanyal and others in 1923 and revived in 1973 and have office bearers who have exclusive right to the use if its name and logo or to restrict its use."<ref name="IAC-fiasco"></ref>}} | |||
| 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> | |||
| This campaing was launched in 2011 by the mostly middle-class organisers of the popular IAC movement, who aimed to mobilise the masses in support of a proposal for the creation of a Lokpal (]). They hoped to bring about a corruption-free India with the institution of an ombudsman who would have had powers to arrest and charge government officials accused of corruption.{{sfn|Guha|2013|p=119-122}}{{sfn|Nanda|2011|p=xxii-xxiii}} They approached ], a populist ] with millions of supporters among the middle-classes of small-town India, to be the figurehead for this campaign. His connections to the right-wing ] threatened to damage the credibility of what was nominally an apolitical movement.{{sfn|Nanda|2011|p=xxii}} He was soon replaced by ],{{sfn|Nanda|2011|p=xxii}} a veteran ]er with a history of undertaking ]s in support of his causes. Hazare, too, brought a large support base with him, comprising mostly middle-class people from urban areas and idealistic youths. The urban sophistication of Hazare, compared to Ramdev's rusticity, attracted high-profile support for the campaign from ] stars, the internet-savvy, and mainstream English-language news media. He, too, struggled to disassociate himself from ] symbolism: hence, support from non-Hindus was less forthcoming.{{sfn|Nanda|2011|p=xxii-xxiii}} | |||
| 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 | |||
| <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> | |||
| == Divergence == | |||
| Those at the head of IAC became known as Team Anna.{{sfn|Schoen|2013|p=185-186}} In late 2012, there was a split in the IAC movement caused by differences of opinion among the central figures regarding its lack of practical success and how much this might have been due to its unwillingness to be directly engaged in the political system. An IAC survey had suggested that direct involvement in politics was preferable, leading to ] and some others splitting to form the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in order to cause change from within the system. Hazare rejected the survey findings.<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 |publisher=India Today |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/team-anna-split-anna-hazare-arvind-kejriwal-part-ways/1/217947.html |accessdate=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|publisher=India Today|location=New Delhi |accessdate=12 June 2013}}</ref> | |||
| Hazare had announced that he was disbanding Team Anna in August 2012, around the time that the divisions were coming to a head.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-06/india/33064289_1_team-anna-core-committee-anna-hazare-lokpal-bill |title=Hazare disbands Team Anna, says no talks with govt on Lokpal |publisher=The Times of India |date=6 August 2012 |accessdate=23 November 2013}}</ref> In November 2012, after the split, he said that he was forming a new Team Anna, that it would retain the label of India Against Corruption and that its members were discussing other societal issues that they might address.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/after-announcing-team-anna-hazare-to-inaugurate-new-office-in-delhi/305049-3-244.html |title=After announcing team, Anna Hazare to inaugurate new office in Delhi |publisher=IBN Live |date=11 November 2012 |accessdate=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? |publisher=India Today |date=15 November 2012 |accessdate=23 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
| The new Team Anna, sometimes referred to as Team Anna 2.0, was preparing to tour the country from 30 January 2013, coinciding with the death anniversary of ].<ref name="ndtv" >{{cite news |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/team-anna-2-0-announced-will-tour-country-from-january-30-291098 |title=Team Anna 2.0 announced, will tour country from January 30 |publisher=NDTV |date=10 November 2012 |accessdate=23 November 2013}}</ref> When that day came, Hazare announced that he had formed Jantantra Morcha, a campaigning group that included the previously-named members of Team Anna 2.0 and which he considered to be a replacement for IAC but with a broader agenda.<ref>{{cite news |title=IAC is now Jantantra Morcha, says Anna |first=Rashi |last=Gaikwad |publisher=The Hindu |date=31 January 2013 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/iac-is-now-jantantra-morcha-says-anna/article4361529.ece |accessdate=23 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
| After the split of both Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal from the IAC, it was taken over by Right to Information (RTI) activists,<ref name="HT3sept13" /> and "managed by the Core Committee which regularly reports to Hindustan Republican Association."<ref name="IAC-HRA" /> Presently ] claims to be the national convenor of IAC, which by now comprised mostly Right to Information (RTI) activists. The membership appears to have abandoned the Lokpal demands, which they no longer considered to be practical but which the AAP was still promoting; IAC aimed to concentrate their efforts on RTI matters.<ref name="HT3sept13">{{cite news |title=Anti-corruption body abandons Janlokpal |first=Nivedita |last=Khandekar |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=3 September 2013 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/anti-corruption-body-abandons-janlokpal/article1-1116543.aspx |accessdate=23 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==Range of appeal== | |||
| Historian and commentator ] has questioned the image that has been portrayed of IAC and of Hazare. Acknowledging that Hazare had previously been successful in campaigns for infrastructure reforms at the local level in his native ] and that the IAC campaign of 2011 had an impact, Guha doubts the claims that the 2011 and 2012 protests overwhelmingly engaged the masses. He notes that liberals were concerned with a perceived anti-democratic rhetoric while socially oppressed communities, such as the ]s and ]es, were worried that the Hindu-led movement would undermine the gains they have made through legislative reforms, such as those resulting from the ]. He considers that the attention given to the protest by 24-hour news channels and internet resources has masked the realities, such as that popular participation at the ] and ] protests in Delhi was a fraction of that evidenced in ] in 1998 when 400,000 marched in an anti-nuclear movement. IAC and Hazare in particular piggy-backed on and gained from discontent surrounding some coincident corruption scandals involving the government. These scandals, such as the ], were high-profile examples of the corruption that is claimed to be endemic in Indian society at all levels but Guha believes the IAC solution — the Lokpal — was a "simplistic" reaction.{{sfn|Guha|2013|p=119-122}} | |||
| == Notable people == | |||
| Notable members of IAC/Team Anna prior to the breakaway of the Aam Aadmi Party were: | |||
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| Following the split with the AAP, notable members were:<ref name="ndtv" /> | |||
| *Kiran Bedi | |||
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| *Anna Hazare | |||
| *Santosh Hegde | |||
| *Medha Patkar | |||
| Following the later division, when Hazare announced the Jantantra Morcha, people associated with IAC name include: | |||
| *] | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
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| ==Notes== | |||
| {{reflist|group=note|2}} | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
| {{reflist|35em}} | {{reflist|35em}} | ||
| ==Sources== | |||
| {{refbegin}} | |||
| * {{Citation | last =Brysk | first =Alison | year =2013 | title =Speaking Rights to Power: Constructing Political Will | publisher =Oxford University Press}} | |||
| * {{Citation | last =Encyclopaedia Britannica | year =2012 | title =Britannica Book of the Year 2012 | publisher =Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | url =http://books.google.nl/books?id=EeqbAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22india+against+corruption%22+%22anna+hazare%22&hl=nl&source=gbs_navlinks_s}} | |||
| * {{Citation | first =Ramachandra |last =Guha | authorlink =Ramachandra Guha | year =2013| title =Patriots and Partisans: From Nehru to Hindutva and Beyond | publisher =Penguin UK | isbn =9788184757538 | url =http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hCU2Kv3tinkC?PG=PT119}} | |||
| * {{Citation | last =Nanda | first =Meera | year =2011 | title =The God Market: How Globalization is Making India More Hindu | publisher =NYU Press | url =http://books.google.nl/books?id=vxVvrSevzQsC&dq=%22india+against+corruption%22&hl=nl&source=gbs_navlinks_s}} | |||
| * {{Citation | last =Schoen | first =Douglas E. | year =2013 | title =The End of Authority: How a Loss of Legitimacy and Broken Trust Are Endangering Our Future | publisher =Rowman & Littlefield | url =http://books.google.nl/books?id=bbF8AQAAQBAJ&dq=%22india+against+corruption%22+%22anna+hazare%22&hl=nl&source=gbs_navlinks_s}} | |||
| {{refend}} | |||
| == Further reading == | |||
| * {{Citation | last =Nanda | first =Meera | year =2011 | title =The God Market: How Globalization is Making India More Hindu | publisher =NYU Press | url =http://books.google.nl/books?id=vxVvrSevzQsC&dq=%22india+against+corruption%22&hl=nl&source=gbs_navlinks_s}} | |||
| * {{Citation | last =Landell-Mills | first =Pierre | year =2013 | title =Citizens Against Corruption: Report from the Front Line | publisher =Troubador Publishing Ltd | url =http://books.google.nl/books?id=ZFYx1hoRaacC&dq=%22india+against+corruption%22&hl=nl&source=gbs_navlinks_s}} | |||
| == External links == | == External links == | ||
| {{commons category|India Against Corruption}} | |||
| *{{cite web |url=http://infochangeindia.org/governance/analysis/converging-agendas-team-anna-and-the-indian-right.html |title=Converging agendas: Team Anna and the Indian Right |first=Rohini |last=Hensman |date=September 2011 |accessdate=23 November 2013}} | |||
| *{{cite web |url=http://sacw.net/article2266.html |title=India: The Communal Character of Anna Hazare’s Movement |first=Bhanwar |last=Megwanshi |date=5 September 2011 |accessdate=23 November 2013}} | |||
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| {{Corruption in India}} | |||
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Anti-corruption movement in IndiaIndia 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
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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