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| Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev's day-long |
| Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev's day-long fast in Delhi tomorrow
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| INDIA
, 2-June-2012
4:56:55 AM |
| Social activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev will sit on a day-long fast in the national capital tomorrow as a mark of their protest against corruption and black money stashed away by Indians abroad.
"The protest will take place in the capital at Jantar Mantar, in all state capitals and in 650 districts across the country," Baba Ramdev said at a press conference in Delhi yesterday.
The yoga guru said he would be joined by Anna Hazare during his day-long hunger strike. Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Kiran Bedi will also participate in the protest.
The yoga guru said their protest in Delhi would start at 6 am. The protest also marks a year of the police crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his supporters in the capital's Ramlila Maidan while they were protesting against black money. The police action had led to the death of a woman.
Thousands of people are expected to join the protest, said Baba Ramdev, who would reach Jantar Mantar in the heart of the capital after paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat at 10 am.
"Our protest is against black money, corruption in government, and for a strong Lokpal. June 3 will mark the beginning of our protest, which will continue in four phases. We will also decide our future course that day," he said.
Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare will break their fast at 6 pm. This will be then followed by candle marches and protest rallies in several districts across the country.
Tomorrow's fast comes in the wake of fresh corruption allegations made by Team Anna against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 14 of his cabinet ministers.
Team Anna has alleged that the Prime Minister misused his position during 2006-2009 to allot coal fields at highly under-valued rates to private players. The PM was in charge of the Coal Ministry during this time. Team Anna says he ignored advice from bureaucrats to auction the coal fields; as a result, private companies paid far less than they should have,
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