Afternoon – August 22, 2011
People ask elected representatives to 'represent' them
The people's movement of India against Corruption grows stronger as Anna's fast completes a week. Indeed this is a welcome moment for our democracy that people are demanding accountability, and asking their MPs' to make clear their stand on Jan Lokpal. In various places across the country, people peacefully gathered outsode theri MPs houses, other elected representatives too were appealed to similarly. Let this be underlined that we are going to our parliamentarians, who are the ultimate legislators, who shall be the ones enacting the Bill in the parliament.
Events happening across the country:
- Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Cjandrashekhar addressed a 3000 strong public meeting at Freedom Park, Bangalore in support of the Jan Lokpal bill that he has submitted in parliament on August 8.
- Baroda MP Balu Shukla, Rajendra Singh from Bhavnagar and P. Kiritbhai Solanki has declared written support to Anna Hazare. Contact: Vinod – 09825551238
- Dharna outside house of Sanjay Nirupam by people, also filmmaker Ashok Pandit –Contact: Ashok – 9820154279
- Around 100 people detained in Chanakyapuri Metro Station and Parliament Street each – Contact: Neelanshu – 9971669096 (Parliament Street), Satish Pandey: 9213499308
- Peaceful group of girls who had gone with a flower have been detained in Chankyapuri station– Arunima – 9560786279, Santosh – 8527218191
- Dharna outside JP Aggarwal's house, Shahadara – MP –-Satender -9871386070
- Dharna outside Muktar Abbas Naqvi's house. Contact: Vijay – 9935991699
- Dharna outside house of MP Inderjeet Rao by 1000 professionals and farmers from Gurgaon.- Contact: Ashwin- 8800278866
- Dharna outside Sheela Dikshit's , Kamal Nath's and Subodh Kant Sahay's residence.
- Many MPs have said that they will fast beneath Gandhi's statue tomorrow and join Anna's demand for Jan Lokpal.
- Madhusudan Yadav, MP of Rajanand gaon has given a letter of support to Anna
Letters of support were received from:
- National Blind youth Association, Indian Joint Organisation of the Blind
- Upbhokta Hitaarth Sansthaa
- Bhaartiya Kisaan Union, Panipat, Bhartiya Kisaan Union, Haryana
- Jan Shakti Tipachhiya Taxi Chaalak Sangh
- Delhi Airport Association
- District Bar Association, Bijnaur
- Delhi Teacher's Association
- Jan Kisan Panchayat, Bikaner
- Co-operative Bank Association
- Delhi Saree mercantile Association
Eminent personalities like Maitreyi Pushpa, eminent writer and Dr. Ali Javed, Urdu writer and general secretary of Progressive Writers Association extended their support to Jan Lokpal and saluted the people's uprising against corruption.
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