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Indian activist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Hazare">Anna Hazare</a> began a new hunger strike today &ndash; his fifth in 16 months, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indian-activist-anna-hazare-begins-new-hunger-strike-demanding-strong-anti-graft-legislation/2012/07/29/gJQANBUuHX_story.html">the Associated Press reported.</a>
The 75-year-old wants <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manmohan_Singh">Prime Minister Manmohan Singh&rsquo;s</a> government to strengthen a proposed anti-graft bill that he says doesn&#39;t go far enough and to investigate corruption allegations against more than a dozen Cabinet ministers.
The former truck driver said he would fast until death if the demands were not met, <a href="http://india.nydailynews.com/politicsarticle/d2ded3a8e9879140bd6f7a5d173dbc54/india-anti-graft-activist-hazare-starts-new-fast">the Agence France-Presse reported.</a>
&quot;I am confident that&#8230; the people of my country will not let me die. I draw my strength and confidence from you,&quot; Hazare told several thousand supporters in New Delhi.
<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Anna-Hazare-begins-fast-says-countrymen-will-not-let-him-die/articleshow/15251699.cms">The Times of India said </a>the elderly anti-corruption crusader had ignored warnings from his close aides against fasting again.
&quot;My team had told me not to fast citing health reasons,&rdquo; Hazare said.
&ldquo;When over 400 people are on fast, I cannot ignore them and not be on fast. Yesterday also my team appealed to me not to fast but I am sitting on fast from now. I consider I have your permission.&rdquo;
The proposed legislation was passed by the lower house of Parliament last year but is now stalled in the upper house.&nbsp;
Hazare&rsquo;s campaign attracted huge crowds and round-the-clock television coverage last year, but interest in his fight against corruption has since waned.&nbsp;
But his die-hard supporters reject suggestions the protest movement is losing steam.
&quot;This rally is not about numbers. Our strength should not be measured in how many people have come here. Our strength lies in our conviction and truth,&quot; Mitul Rana, 26, a software engineer, told AFP.
More from GlobalPost:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/india/111228/indian-activist-anna-hazare-ends-hunger-strike">Anna Hazare, Indian activist, ends hunger strike</a>
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