A high-voltage campaign to draft in record time a major anti-corruption law for India won concessions from the government in the street, but thereafter its leaders found the going much tougher. As a committee representing the agitation, known as India Against Corruption, held its first meeting with the government, political interests unleashed a smear campaign against two of its members, thereby seeking to shift attention from the core issue of corruption in high places. At another level, well-meaning people advised a reality check for the campaign, expressing concern that an important law drafted in haste without sufficient. . .
