Gandhi cap cap once again rose in popularity in India after Anna Hazare, an eminent Gandhian from Maharashtra, started an anti-corruption movement in India. The epicenter of this movement was in Delhi. In August 2011, thousands of people wearing Gandhi caps accumulated at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi to support Anna Hazare on his fast-unto-death. This movement spilled over to many other parts of the country and stadiums, community centers and grounds were booked for assimilation of a similar nature. The mass movement witnessed people of all age groups, religions and social standings (mainly the Middle Class) as participants, many among them shouting
Anna Hazare for having links with late RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh with whom he worked as a secretary. *Hazare denied any such associations. India's "OPEN Magazine" editorialized that it was "Nonsense" to say Hazare's anti-corruption movement of 2011-12 was apolitical. The op-ed went on to say that the purpose of the movement was that so long as the Congress Party was kept out of power corrupt politicians of any other party could be elected to Parliament. The example of Ajay Chautala (now convicted for corruption) was cited as ""In effect, Anna and his team are campaigning for Ajay Chautala effectively the first