People skip work to be with Anna all day

“I am taking it on a day-to-day basis. As long as Anna is here I will call my office and take leave for that day. A group of about 15 colleagues will also join me on Wednesday and for as long as it takes after that,” he said. He said his employers also had no problem with people taking leave for the Anna Hazare-led agitation.

Rajinder Singh,a civil contractor from Shakti Nagar said he had ‘abandoned’ his business since the past four days and was dedicating his time to be part of the anti-corruption movement.

“My work is important,but right now what I am doing here is the main thing. I feel that especially in my line of work,corruption is a major roadblock and I have to support any movement to clean up the system,” he said.

Hemant Madaan who works for a software firm Mind and Sachin Arora from Vigor Medicare said they were on an indefinite break from their corporate routine.

“We worked very hard to meet our targets,so,our bosses have no problem if we take leave this week. As long as Anna is here,we will be here too,” asserted Madaan.

“Though the government must have thought that so many people turned up as it was a holiday yesterday,you can clearly see that this is not the case today. People have come anyway. If Anna Hazare can do this (fast) for us at 74 then the least we can do is come here to give him our support”,Arora added.

Employees from government offices were also among the crowd on Tuesday,doing their bit to make sure more people came on board.

A high-ranking official in the Delhi Government who did not want to be named said he had spent the past two day distributing thousands of pamphlets that explained the difference between the government Lokpal Bill and the Team Anna’s version of the anti-corruption law.