Social activist Anna Hazare has announced that he will begin an indefinite hunger strike on January 30 in Maharashtra’s Ralegan Siddhi, accusing the state government of failing to implement the long-pending Lokayukta Act. Calling this his “final agitation," Hazare said the law is crucial for public welfare but continues to be ignored despite repeated assurances.

Hazare had earlier gone on a hunger strike in Ralegan Siddhi in 2022, demanding the enactment of the Lokayukta law. That protest was withdrawn after mediation by then chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and the Union agriculture minister, following which a committee drafted the legislation. The Bill was passed by both Houses of the Maharashtra legislature and later forwarded to the President for assent.

However, Hazare now says the

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