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| Type | People's Movement |
|---|---|
| Focus | Anti-corruption |
| Area served | India |
| Key people | Sarbajit Roy, Veeresh Malik |
"India Against Corruption" is an organization founded on 26.02.2007 campaigning for Right to Information which (between Nov.2010-Dec.2010) had briefly loaned its name to Arvind Kejriwal for an anti-corruption movement in India. Kejriwal's movement's (later known as "Team Anna") (ie. Anna Hazare's core committee) membership diverged at various points in time, eventually resulting in the formation of Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party and Hazare's Jantantra Morcha in November 2012 and Jan 2013 respectively.
History
On 26.10.2012 IAC organisation and Team Anna agreed that Arvind Kejriwal's faction would completely exit from IAC within 1 month under any circumstances to form their political party with a substantially different name to pursue Team Anna's Lokpal agenda.
On 10.11.2012, Anna Hazare claimed the name "India Against Corruption".
On 18.01.2013 Hazare publicly dropped his claim to the "India Against Corruption" name and closed his offices, saying his movement would be known as Jan Tantra Morcha.
According to the Hindustan Times of 3 September 2013, "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 campaign immediately after the split but held its first formal meeting on Monday ." The IACs National Convenor is Sarbajit Roy.
Achievements
In 2009 the IAC andolan got the Delhi High Court to declare the Indian Olympic Association (organising the 2010 Common Wealth Games) to be a state body answerable to the citizens.
In 2013 the IAC andolan halted a scheme to illegally transfer a valuable piece of land in the heart of New Delhi belonging to an ailing public sector telecom company to a private body at a throw away price.
See also
References
- Roy, Sarbajit (25 December 2011). "Timely rap for Team Anna". Mail Today. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help) - Singh, Raminder (26 October 2012). "IAC name revoked for Team Anna". Indianewsco.com. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- "After announcing team, Anna Hazare to inaugurate new office in Delhi". IBN Live. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- "Team Anna gets new people. But will their gameplan be a game-changer?". India Today. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- http://www.indianexpress.com/news/anna-drops-iac-brand-name-to-close-delhi-office/1061067/
- Khandekar, Nivedita (3 September 2013) "Anti-corruption body abandons Janlokpal". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- "UIDAI land allotment scam: DDA accepts IAC prayer to scrap the deal". Moneylife. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- "Aadhaar base on BSNL land". MailToday. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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