Anna Warns Indian Prime Minister: "I sense the government is creating obstacles, will go on fast again"

Underlying the importance of public opinion, Hazare gave the example of former PM Rajiv Gandhi saying that the leader had written to gram panchayats to take their opinion on the 73rd and 74th amendment to the Constitution.

Keeping up the pressure to bring a strong Lokpal bill, activist Anna Hazare on Thursday reminded the government of other agendas on his platter including tackling corruption in judiciary, electoral reforms and amendments to the land acquisition bill.

In his first communication to Prime MinisterManmohan Singh -- after the Ramlila Maidan agitation -- Hazare said while the government had assured that a strong Lokpal bill will be brought, this was not enough to tackle corruption in the country. The Gandhian said that electoral and land reforms were also necessary.

He added, "It gives me no pleasure to agitate but when I sense the government is creating obstacles, I have no choice but to fast.'' Hazare has already announced a yatra starting with poll-bound states and his colleagues including Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and Kiran Bedi have announced that they will campaign against those candidates that do not support the Jan Lokpal bill in the Hissar constituency by-election.

Expressing concern that the current Judicial Standards and Accountability bill did not tackle judicial corruption, Hazare said that a new law must be drafted to ensure that the issue is dealt with.

In his letter dated September 21, he said the country needed electoral reforms in the form of 'right to reject' in polls. The activist pointed out that there were so many tainted elected representatives in Parliament that it was essential to bring changes in election laws. He proposed that 'right to reject' be brought as a law so that people can use that option if they feel that none of the candidates deserved their vote.

He reiterated his earlier stand that the land acquisition law should be amended to allow greater voice for gram panchayat representatives. He said, ''The Centre and the state should not be allowed to acquire any land without the permission of the gram panchayat.'' Underlying the importance of public opinion, Hazare gave the example of former PM Rajiv Gandhi saying that the leader had written to gram panchayats to take their opinion on the 73rd and 74th amendment to the Constitution.

The two-page letter written in Hindi expressed the hope that these laws would be amended to ensure that people's concerns on corruption is addressed.