DHAKA: India social activist Anna Hazare broke his fast on ninth day on Wednesday after the Parliament passed the landmark Lokpal Bill.

He also thanked MPs on Wednesday for passing Lokpal Bill in Lok Sabha.

After the landmark Lokpal Bill was passed in the Parliament Hazare said, ‘Want to thank both BJP and Congress for taking the lead on Lokpal. People have to be vigilant. Only then will they benefit from this law’.

76-year-old activist also thanked the parties which helped pass Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The Bill was passed in the Upper House, after a five-hour discussion, with main Opposition party BJP and the Left supporting it.

Further, taking a dig at AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, Anna said that he don’t need funds or donations for agitation.

A frail-looking but joyous Hazare vigorously waved the national tricolour and chanted ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Vande Mataram’ as he celebrated the passage of the bill in the Upper House.

‘On behalf of the people of country, I pray for passage of the Bill, so that our country gets a good anti-corruption law,’ he said, reports niticentral.com.

BDST: 1458 HRS, DEC 18, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor