Anna Hazare said his success was a victory for the people of India Indian corruption activist Anna Hazare has vowed to end his hunger strike, after ministers agreed to all of his demands.
The 72-year-old campaigner is is pushing for tough anti-corruption laws, and has gained huge public support.
He demanded that the committee drafting the new law be made up of activists as well as politicians. The government said it had agreed to the request.
In recent months India has been rocked by a string of corruption scandals.
A former telecom minister is awaiting trial after being accused of siphoning off billions of dollars from fraudulent sales of telecom licences.
And Indians were shocked when allegations emerged that apartments in Mumbai intended for war widows were in fact given to civil servants.
“There is no greater symbol of coercive non-violent protest in India than a fast”
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Last month the head of the country’s anti-corruption watchdog was forced to resign by the Supreme Court on the grounds that he himself faced corruption charges.
Correspondents say Mr Hazare has rallied people across the country disillusioned with the recent spate of scandals – he is highly respected as a social activist with an untarnished reputation.
Senior politicians including the governing Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi had urged Mr Hazare to give up his fast.
But he kept on going, and eventually persuaded the government to give in to his demands.
“I will end my fast on Saturday – it’s a victory for the people of India,” he told reporters amid cheers from thousands of his supporters in Delhi.
He is due to end the hunger strike at 1000 (0430 GMT) on Saturday.
Thousands turned up to support Mr Hazare’s campaign The sticking point had been the make-up of a committee in charge of drafting the law.
The government had agreed to a 50-50 split between politicians and activists.
But Mr Hazare wanted the committee to be co-chaired, rather than just having an individual politician in charge.
Kapil Sibal, a federal minister who negotiated on behalf of the government, said a formal order would now be issued setting up the committee as Mr Hazare demanded.
“Whatever is required to be done will be done by June 30 so that the draft legislation is introduced in parliament,” he said.
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