Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan the pioneer of the total revolution, inspired youth during the 1970’s to revolt against the corrupt administration and travelled all over India to fight against the civil. During the 1980s, All Assam Student’s Union (AASU) fought against the corruption which threatened North Eastern States.

Today, the mood of the country especially the mood of youth is against corruption on war footing. The war against corruption is perceived the mother of all wars. Anti-corruption movement gathered moment when Anna Hazare kick-started the movement and gave a call to the youth to join him in a fight against corruption under the banner of India against corruption. (IAC)

1. Youth against corruption: Independent India has seen scams like-Bofors, Fodder scam, Share Market scam, etc., where billions of rupees of public money has been swindled by unscrupulous people. In spite of exposure of these scams, corruption still persists in all walks of life including education, health, administration, and politics.

The overall effect of the youth movement against corruption is the creation of the institution of Lokpal, passing of Acts like Right to Information (RTI), Right to Education (RTE), Sakaal, introduction of transparency in election funding, etc.,