Echoes of the protest

Anna Hazares village organised a palkhi festival of their village deity Yadavbaba,in which over 5,000 people from 12 villages also participated.

Palkhi fest at Anna village

Ralegan siddhi: Anna Hazares village organised a palkhi festival of their village deity Yadavbaba,in which over 5,000 people from 12 villages also participated,for their leaders success. Sarpanch Jaisinghrao Mapari said the palkhi festival is held annually in January,but the gram panchayat decided to hold it on Friday for Annas success. The villagers,however,continued fasting for the fourth consecutive day to express solidarity with Hazare. The sarpanch said the villagers,who had been watching the developments in Delhi on TV,celebrated the release of Hazare from Tihar jail by shouting slogans like Anna aage badho,hum tumhare saath hain.

Show of solidarity in Valley

Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq praised Anna Hazare,describing him as an old man who has waged a war against corruption. Addressing a Friday congregation at Jamia Masjid,he said,You must be knowing that this time an old man has waged a war against corruption,loot. If we talk about Jammu and Kashmir,on one hand we face repression,on the other hand we are not lagging behind in corruption. Meanwhile,volunteers of J&Ks RTI Movement took out a rally in central Kashmirs Budgam district. The groups convener,Dr Muzaffar Bhat,who led the protesters,demanded strict anti-graft laws in the state.

Maval farmers now turn to Anna

PUNE: Farmers of Maval,where three people were killed in police firing on August 9,have decided to approach Anna Hazare with their grievances. Balasaheb Pingle of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh said they would have liked to meet Hazare in New Delhi. But since his fast in Delhi has assumed bigger dimension,we would wait for a fortnight. After that we would meet him wherever he is available, he said. The farmers complain that the state government was not only bent on taking away their share of drinking and irrigation water,but was planning to provide polluted water to six lakh people,mainly farmers,of Maval region.

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