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'''India Against Corruption''' ('''IAC''') is a collective <ref name=About1>. indiaagainstcorruption.net.in (10 February 2007). Retrieved on 5 April 2013.</ref> ] whose aim is "to ensure a corruption free ]". The movement is apolitical, but has resulted in the evolution of a political party, the ].
'''India Against Corruption''' ('''IAC''') is a term that was used, along with '''Team Anna''', to describe a movement that sought to mobilise the masses in support of their demands for a less corrupt society in India. It was headed mostly by middle-class professionals and lawyers and was particularly prominent during the anti-corruption protests of ] and ], the central point of which was debate concerning the introduction of a ]. Although nominally apolitical, IAC at that time had ] leanings. It spawned the breakaway ] and ]; the present group of people who refer to themselves as IAC are no longer promoting the Lokpal agenda and have turned instead to efforts relating to ].


==Background of the movement==
== Rise ==
Many of the present participants in the IAC movement are prominent RTI activists of India who met on the occasion of the 1st. National RTI Convention organized by the ] between 13 and 15 October 2006.
{{See also |2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|2012 Indian anti-corruption movement}}
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In 2011, the mostly middle-class organisers of IAC determined to launch a campaign to mobilise the masses in support of a demand that they hoped would help to bring about a corruption-free India. Their proposal for the creation of a Lokpal (]) who had powers to arrest and charge government officials who were accused of corruption.<ref name="Guha">{{cite book |title=Patriots and Partisans: From Nehru to Hindutva and Beyond |first=Ramachandra |last=Guha |authorlink=Ramachandra Guha |publisher=Penguin UK |year=2013 |isbn=9788184757538 |url=/books?id=hCU2Kv3tinkC?PG=PT119 |pages=119-122}}</ref><ref name="Nanda" /> 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 and he was soon replaced by ], 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 but he, too, struggled to disassociate himself from ] symbolism and this meant that support from non-Hindus was less forthcoming.<ref name="Nanda">{{cite book |title=The God Market: How Globalization is Making India More Hindu |first=Meera |last=Nanda |publisher=NYU Press |year=2011 |isbn=9781583673096 |url=/books?id=vxVvrSevzQsC&pg=PR22 |pages=xxii-xxiii}}</ref>
These included ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Anna Hazare and Sarbajit Roy were official panel members of the symposium.<ref>. ]</ref> Other RTI activists from NCPRI like ] and ] of ''Parivartan'' were simultaneously organising protests outside the high security venue, Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan complex, demanding the sacking of Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah "to save RTI"; they were briefly arrested.<ref>"Kalam agrees to meet RTI activists on protest" ''Asian Age, New Delhi'' 14 October 2006</ref><ref>. Citizen-news.org (5 October 2006). Retrieved on 5 April 2013.</ref>
In Feb. 2007 activists of ''National Campaign for Political Reforms in India'' ("NCPRI") combined to expose mega corruption taking place for ] under the "India Against Corruption" banner of the "Hindustan Republican Army" (a patriotic force). Accordingly the IAC through Mr. Veeresh Malik litigated in the Delhi High Court and brought the ] under the scope of Right to Information.<ref>http://www.ncpri.org/content/ncpri-about-us</ref>


==IAC charter==
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 local level in his native ] and that the IAC campaign of 2011 had an impact, Guha doubts claims that the 2011 and 2012 protests overwhelmingly engaged the masses are clear-cut.<ref name="Guha" />
IAC's new Charter was adopted by the membership with effect from 1 January 2013.<ref>. Lists.riseup.net. Retrieved on 5 April 2013.</ref> Some salient clauses from it:-<ref>IAC Charter, v.1.000, 1 January 2013 , </ref>


===Corruption defined===
== Divergence ==
Corruption the IAC opposes and seeks to eliminate is defined as being co-terminus with those offences punishable under :-
Those at the head of IAC became known as Team Anna.<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 |authorlink=Douglas Schoen |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2013 |isbn=9781442220324 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bbF8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA185 |pages=185-186}}</ref> 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>
*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===
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>
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===
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 birthday 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>
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.


==Policy positions==
In September 2013, ] claimed 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>{{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>
The IAC has articulated its position on some controversial issues in policy documents filed by it to Government. These include:-<ref>, pirateparty.org.in, 4 January 2013</ref>


===Compulsory national service for youth===
== Notable people ==
The IAC proposes a 2 year compulsory national service for all Indian youth between the ages of 18 and 25 years for ''national integration and character building in the face of hardship''.
Notable members of Team Anna prior to formation of Aam Aadmi Party on 26.11.2012 were:


===Clean Public Toilets===
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IAC demands ''a national plan for clean and accessible public toilets as its lady members are sick and tired of seeing citizens exposing themselves in public''.
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===Ban on consumption of alcohol===
Office bearers of IAC after 26.11.2012 were<ref>http://indiaagainstcorruption.net.in/about-us</ref>
The IAC has supported prohibition in India (in accordance with the Directive Principles of Sate Policy) if the crime rate continues to rise.
*Er. Sarbajit Roy, National Convenor<ref>http://www.indianewsco.com/news/iac-gets-dda-scrap-nilekanis-uidai-hq-sweetheart-deal-1704253</ref><ref>http://www.moneylife.in/article/uidai-land-allotment-scam-dda-accepts-iac-prayer-to-scrap-the-deal/34513.html</ref><ref>http://epaper.mailtoday.in/2292013/epaperimages/2292013/2292013-md-hr-2/135211578.jpg</ref><ref>http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/anti-corruption-body-abandons-janlokpal/article1-1116543.aspx</ref><ref>http://www.moneylife.in/article/are-activists-barking-at-the-wrong-tree-on-political-parties-being-under-rti/33706.html</ref><ref>http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/memorandum-containing-submissions-proposed-amendme</ref><ref>http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/radio-one-fm-mumbai-issues-apology</ref><ref>http://www.freenewspos.com/news/article/f/169056/Aam%20Aadmi/iac-says-aam-aadmi-party-founder-is-congress-proxy-in-coalgate</ref>
*Er. C.J. Karira, Gen. Secy
*Mr. Veeresh Malik, Gen. Secy
*Mr. Manoj Pai, Gen. Secy
*Mr. Hitendra Parihar, Gen. Secy
*Mr. Muzib-Ur Rehman, Gen. Secy
*Er. N.S. Venkatraman, Gen. Secy
*Dr. Sandeep Gupta, Gen. Secy


===Right to bear arms freely===
Additional members of IAC's sexual harassment committee constituted on 23.12.2012 were<ref>https://we.riseup.net/assets/119334/IAC%20submissions%20to%20Justice%20Verma%20Committee%2004012013.pdf</ref><ref>https://we.riseup.net/assets/154402/IAC%20MoM%202013%20final.pdf</ref>
The IAC opposes Gun Control laws, and demands that the colonial Arms Act be repealed so that citizens should have the unrestricted right to private defence including the right to purchase, store, possess and use arms and ammunition.
*Maj. Gen (Retd) Pushpendra Singh
*Prof. Enakshi Bhattacharya
*Brig (Retd.) J.S. Ahuja
*Ms. Vidyut Kale
*Ms. Purobi Ghose Mohan
*Ms. Rina Mukherji
*Lt Col. (Retd) Pavan Nair
*Lt Col. (Retd) T.T. Kishore
*Er. Babubhai Vaghela
*Mr. Swarup Sarkar


== Current Office bearers of the movement ==
== References ==
* ] – National Convenor <ref name=About1/>
* ] – RTI activist and journalist, Co-Convenor, IAC<ref name=About1/>
* ] – RTI activist and astronomer, General Secretary
* ] – RTI activist and corruption fighter from ], General Secretary
* ] – Civil rights activist and noted blogger, General Secretary
* ] – National Cyber-media Coordinator<ref>. Ndtv.com (26 December 2012). Retrieved on 5 April 2013.</ref><ref>, The Hindu, 26 December 2012</ref><ref>, India Today, 26 December 2012</ref>

==References==
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== Further reading ==
*{{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}}


== External links == == External links ==
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India Against Corruption
File:India-Against-Corruption-logo.svg
TypePeople's Movement
FocusAnti-corruption
Area served India
Key peopleAnna Hazare, Sarbajit Roy, Veeresh Malik
Websitehttp://www.indiaagainstcorruption.net.in
Formerly calledIndia Against Colonialism.

India Against Corruption (IAC) is a collective People's Movement whose aim is "to ensure a corruption free India". The movement is apolitical, but has resulted in the evolution of a political party, the Aam Aadmi Party.

Background of the movement

Many of the present participants in the IAC movement are prominent RTI activists of India who met on the occasion of the 1st. National RTI Convention organized by the Central Information Commission between 13 and 15 October 2006.

File:CJkarira ManojPai AnnaHazare 14092006 01.jpg
IAC's present General Secretaries C.J.Karira (L) Manoj Pai (obscured) with Anna Hazare at CIC RTI Convention 2006

These included Anna Hazare, Sarbajit Roy, Veeresh Malik, C.J. Karira, Manoj Pai and Mujibur Rehman. Anna Hazare and Sarbajit Roy were official panel members of the symposium. Other RTI activists from NCPRI like Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia of Parivartan were simultaneously organising protests outside the high security venue, Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan complex, demanding the sacking of Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah "to save RTI"; they were briefly arrested. In Feb. 2007 activists of National Campaign for Political Reforms in India ("NCPRI") combined to expose mega corruption taking place for 2010 Commonwealth Games under the "India Against Corruption" banner of the "Hindustan Republican Army" (a patriotic force). Accordingly the IAC through Mr. Veeresh Malik litigated in the Delhi High Court and brought the Indian Olympic Association under the scope of Right to Information.

IAC charter

IAC's new Charter was adopted by the membership with effect from 1 January 2013. Some salient clauses from it:-

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.

Policy positions

The IAC has articulated its position on some controversial issues in policy documents filed by it to Government. These include:-

Compulsory national service for youth

The IAC proposes a 2 year compulsory national service for all Indian youth between the ages of 18 and 25 years for national integration and character building in the face of hardship.

Clean Public Toilets

IAC demands a national plan for clean and accessible public toilets as its lady members are sick and tired of seeing citizens exposing themselves in public.

Ban on consumption of alcohol

The IAC has supported prohibition in India (in accordance with the Directive Principles of Sate Policy) if the crime rate continues to rise.

Right to bear arms freely

The IAC opposes Gun Control laws, and demands that the colonial Arms Act be repealed so that citizens should have the unrestricted right to private defence including the right to purchase, store, possess and use arms and ammunition.

Current Office bearers of the movement

References

  1. IAC website. Indiaagainstcorruption.net.in. Retrieved on 5 April 2013.
  2. IAC mailing list home page. Lists.riseup.net. Retrieved on 5 April 2013.
  3. ^ "About Us". indiaagainstcorruption.net.in (10 February 2007). Retrieved on 5 April 2013.
  4. "Final Report of RTI Conference 2006". Central Information Commission
  5. "Kalam agrees to meet RTI activists on protest" Asian Age, New Delhi 14 October 2006
  6. Citizen News Service – Cns: Cloth Is A Security Threat To Indian State. Citizen-news.org (5 October 2006). Retrieved on 5 April 2013.
  7. http://www.ncpri.org/content/ncpri-about-us
  8. IAC's "India Resists" mailing list. Lists.riseup.net. Retrieved on 5 April 2013.
  9. IAC Charter, v.1.000, 1 January 2013 html, PDF
  10. "IAC submissions to Justice Verma Committee on amendment of rape laws", pirateparty.org.in, 4 January 2013
  11. "Team Anna's bitter battle with Team Kejriwal". Ndtv.com (26 December 2012). Retrieved on 5 April 2013.
  12. "Anna team blames Team Arvind for disabling mailing list", The Hindu, 26 December 2012
  13. "Aam Aadmi Party accused of disabling Team Anna mailing list", India Today, 26 December 2012

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