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Sat, Aug 20 2011 Gunfire in Tripoli Sat, Aug 20 2011 Pressure mounts on Indian activist to tone down demands Tweet Share this Email Print Related News India's PM open to talks as anti-graft protests gather Sat, Aug 20 2011 India graft activist leaves jail to huge cheers Fri, Aug 19 2011 Anna Hazare to launch public fast as government relents Thu, Aug 18 2011 India protests swell as Anna Hazare fasts Wed, Aug 17 2011 Analysis: India risks facing its own Arab Spring Wed, Aug 17 2011 Analysis & Opinion Probable Lokpal Bill: Neither Anna’s nor govt’s version Clinging to hope in bear-bitten Russia Related Topics World » Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare displays a mock torch to his supporters on the fourth day of his fasting at Ramlila grounds in New Delhi August 20, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Parivartan Sharma By Alistair Scrutton NEW DELHI | Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:08am EDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The fasting activist whose campaign for strict anti-corruption legislation has galvanized millions of Indians faced growing pressure on Sunday to show more flexibility amid signs that an embattled government was abandoning its hardline stance. Anna Hazare, a 74-year-old self-styled Gandhian activist, was on his sixth day of fasting at an open ground in the capital. He says the hunger strike, which involves not eating but drinking water, will continue until the government passes his tough anti-graft bill. But his insistence that the government introduce his anti-corruption bill on Tuesday and pass it by the end of this month sparked criticism that his group was dictating policy to an elected parliament. One of India's foremost civil rights organizations, the National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI), said it would introduce its own anti-graft bill. "I think Annaji is ill-advised ... anyone who says my view should be the only view is wrong," Aruna Roy, a member of the NCPRI and one of India's most famous social activists, was quoted by the local media as saying. Hazare left jail on Friday to huge cheering crowds and widespread media coverage. He was briefly arrested on Tuesday, but then refused to leave jail until the government allowed him to continue his public fast for 15 days. The activists' supporters say he will not fast to the death but a medical team is on hand to monitor his condition. Hazare has carried out scores of hunger strikes to pressure governments over social issues in the last few decades. Hazare's campaign has struck a chord with millions of Indians, especially the expanding middle-class sick of endemic bribes, and has become a thorn in the side of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his government battles corruption scandals. The Times of India on Sunday said that more than one million people had joined the newspaper's online anti-graft campaign, and local media said there were more than 500 protests across India on Friday, the day Hazare stepped out of jail. But criticism of Hazare, who has evoked memories of independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, appeared to increase. � "Team Anna's rhetoric is stopping to make sense," was the headline of the Mail Today on Sunday in an editorial that criticized Hazare's rush to get his bill passed. The criticism came as Singh, widely seen as out of touch, won some praise on Saturday for saying he was open to dialogue - the first time in a week that his fumbling government appeared to have taken an initiative over the crisis. Several scandals, including a telecoms bribery scandal that may have cost the government up to $39 billion, led to Hazare demanding anti-corruption measures. But the government bill creating an anti-graft ombudsman was criticized as too weak as it exempted the prime minister and the judiciary from probes. For many, the pro-Hazare movement has highlighted the vibrant democracy of an urban generation that wants good governance rather than government through regional strongmen or caste ties -- a transformation that may be played out in 2012 state polls that will pave the way for a 2014 general election. A weak political opposition means that the government should survive the crisis, but it could further dim the prospect for economic reforms and hurt the Congress party in elections. (Editing by Miral Fahmy) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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