Medical personnel checks the condition of Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on the first day of his hunger strike in Mumbai, India on Tuesday. Activist Anna Hazare started a new hunger strike to demand a stronger law while India's Parliament debates on anti-corruption legislation. Corruption has become a key issue as several big-money scandals hit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government over the past year. Hazare has been campaigning for a strong anti-graft bill since April 2011 by holding hunger strikes and rallies.

A supporter of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare shouts pro-Hazare slogans from inside a police vehicle after he was detained during a demonstration in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 27, 2011. A three-day fast led by 74-year-old activist Hazare and a plan for thousands of people to picket the home of Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi on New Year's Eve will be a test of strength for the anti-corruption movement that forced a government U-turn in the summer.

Supporters of Indian activist Anna Hazare wave the Indian tricolour on the first day of his 3 day-long fast in Mumbai on Tuesday. The 74-year-old former soldier, Hazare, along with volunteers of his India Against Corruption (IAC) organisation embarks on a fresh hunger strike against a proposed new law to tackle endemic graft. At least 40,000 people a day are expected to attend the three-day fast in the city's northern suburbs, organisers said, even though lawmakers are still debating the planned legislation in parliament. The former army driver's latest high-profile protest comes amid question marks over the integrity of his anti-corruption movement, as well as criticism that he is riding roughshod over the democratic process.

A Delhi Municipal employee fumigates the ground where supporters of Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare gather to protest, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Hazare began a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai Tuesday even as the country's Parliament prepared to debate legislation to create an anti-corruption watchdog. Hazare, who claims inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi has called his protest against corruption the second freedom struggle and has fasted three times already to garner support for his demands.

A young boy dressed as the Hindu God Krishna on the day of Janmashtami, a festival that marks Krishna's birth, makes his way to the site where anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is on his seventh day of hunger strike in New Delhi, India, on Aug. 22.

A team of doctors checks the health of Anna Hazare during his hunger strike in New Delhi on Aug. 21.

An activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and supporter of prominent anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare shouts during a protest in Amritsar, India, on Aug. 17. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lashed out at India's most prominent anti-corruption crusader Wednesday, accusing the fasting activist of trying to circumvent democracy by demanding Parliament pass a reform bill he supports.

Yoga guru Swami Baba Ramdev, center, gestures to supporters of Anna Hazare as they gather outside Tihar Jail, where Hazare is held, in New Delhi on Aug. 17.

Rights activist Anna Hazare waves to supporters from the back of a police van after he was detained prior to beginning a hunger strike in New Delhi, India, on Aug. 16.

Supporters of Anna Hazare try to block a police van after he was detained prior to beginning a hunger strike in New Delhi on Aug. 16.)

Supporters of Anna Hazare shout slogans after they are detained in New Delhi on Aug. 16.

Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare, surrounded by his supporters, prays at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi August 15. Hazare renews a fast to the death in New Delhi on Tuesday to force tougher laws against corruption, to the dismay of the embattled prime minister and his ruling party as they grapple with scandals and a slowing economy.

A boy holds an Indian national flag as he sits next to veteran social activist Anna Hazare at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi August 15. Hazare renews a fast to the death in New Delhi on Tuesday to force tougher laws against corruption, defying a police ban to challenge an embattled prime minister who is grappling with scandals and a slowing economy.