What is Lokpal Bill???

This is nothing related to our computers just wanted to post it to create an awareness on the much talked about thing in India now that is the Lokpal bill.
The word Lokpal means Ombudsman(chief vigilance officer, lokayuktha).Its word meaning of Lokpal comes from Sanskrit "loka" (people) and "pala" (protector). The bill has been introduced to uproot corruption in the Indian society. It’s really astonishing to know that this bill has been waiting for the green signal for the past 42 years!!!!!!. The bill was first introduced by Shanti Bhushan and was passed in the 4th Lok Sabha in 1969, but got rejected in the rajya sabha. Lokpal bills were reintroduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and in 2008 still waiting for the green light. So now lets come to what this bill does. The Lokpal Bill provides for filing complaints of corruption against the prime minister, other ministers, and MPs with the ombudsman. Cool stuff right??? But the situation is that each time, after the bill was introduced to the house, it was referred to some committee for improvements - a joint committee of parliament, or a departmental standing committee of the Home Ministry - and before the government could take a final stand on the issue the house was dissolved. So what happened all of a sudden???? Why the bill came to a big issue now??? a civil society activist and Gandhian, Anna Hazare, went on an indefinite hunger strike until death until his demands in support of the bill were met. Anna demanded for a joint committee of civil society members and government representatives to draft a strong anti-graft bill. The protests led to the creation of an unprecedented movement that saw protests being organized in various cities and towns of India. Protests included fasts, candlelight vigils and rallies. The protests are especially one of their kind in India as they have no political affiliation and the protesters have been very hostile to any political party trying to grab the initiative to meet its own political goals from the activists. So Anna is now driving the bus against corruption with support from most of the Indian society. The recent developments i believe you are all aware about. If not, just search Wikipedia from where I got the info or just Google it out. You can show your support using the social networks that are available now.