Anna Hazare launches hunger strike for Lokpal

Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): Posing fresh complications for the government, veteran Gandhian activist Kisan Baburao Hazare alias Anna Hazare on Wednesday launched a fresh indefinite hunger strike at his Ralegan-Siddhi village seeking a Lokpal and Lokayuktas as promised by the Centre and the states.

An aide said that carrying the Tricolour, Hazare, 81, went around in a procession in the village with a large number of supporters and waved the national flag before starting the indefinite fast under the banner of ‘Jan Andolan Satyagraha’. He also paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Martyrs’ Day on January 30 and prayed at a local temple before launching the agitation on three main points - Lokpal appointment at the Centre, Lokayuktas in each state and farmers issues. Three days ago, Hazare had served an ultimatum to the Maharashtra government demanding the appointment of a Lokayukta in the state failing which he would launch his hunger strike. (IANS)

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