AN INDIAN reform activist, whose protest galvanised the nation’s anger against corruption, ended his 12-day hunger strike after forcing Parliament to throw its weight behind his crusade.

A top ruling party politician in India has warned lawmakers not to bypass the country’s constitution as they seek to resolve an impasse with a high-profile hunger striker who has demanded that they pass an anti-corruption bill.

India’s prime minister has appealed to an anti-corruption activist to end his week-long hunger strike, offering to ask parliament to debate a tougher new laws.

Criticism is growing against an Indian activist’s hunger strike, with public figures saying it threatens democracy, even as thousands echoed his demands for stronger anti-corruption legislation.

A prominent anti-corruption activist has been detained by police just hours before he was set to embark on a public hunger strike which was certain to embarrass India’s scandal-plagued government.