rak ash ▁Ch aut ala , ▁were ▁turned ▁away . ▁ ▁Pro tests ▁in ▁sympathy ▁with ▁Haz are ▁spread ▁to ▁various ▁Indian ▁cities , ▁including ▁Bang al ore , ▁M umb ai , ▁Chen na i , ▁and ▁Ah med abad . ▁Prom inent ▁figures ▁from ▁Bol lywood , ▁sports ▁and ▁business ▁indicated ▁their ▁support ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁also ▁gather ings ▁outside ▁India , ▁including ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁Britain , ▁France ▁and ▁Germany . ▁ ▁The ▁government ▁squ ab bled ▁with ▁the ▁activ ists , ▁ins isting ▁that ▁the ▁draft ing ▁committee ▁would ▁be ▁head ed ▁by ▁a ▁government - app oint ed ▁minister ▁and ▁not ▁a ▁civil ▁society ▁member ▁as ▁the ▁protest ers ▁had ▁demanded ▁to ▁avoid ▁allowing ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁bill ▁less ▁powerful . ▁ ▁On ▁ 6 ▁April , ▁Agricult ure ▁Minister ▁Sh ar ad ▁P aw ar ▁res igned ▁from ▁the ▁group ▁of ▁minister s ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁charged ▁with ▁review ing ▁the ▁draft ▁bill . ▁Haz are ▁had ▁accused ▁him ▁of ▁being ▁cor rupt . ▁On ▁ 9 ▁April , ▁the ▁government ▁agreed ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁joint ▁committee . ▁This ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁comprom ise ▁that ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁politician ▁chairman , ▁P ran ab ▁M uk her je e , ▁and ▁an ▁activ ist ▁non - polit ician ▁co - ch air man , ▁Sh anti ▁Bh ush an . ▁Bh ush an ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁dra fter s ▁of ▁the ▁Lok pal ▁Bill ▁along ▁with ▁Haz are , ▁Justice ▁N