New Delhi: Threatening a fight to finish by August, Anna Hazare, and yoga guru, Ramdev, began their day-long fast, their first joint appearance on a public platform in the past one year, against the UPA on corruption.
The one-day fast demanding bringing back black money stashed abroad and against the corruption and corrupt system is also likely to have its echo in the state capitals as well with Ramdev's Bharat Swabhiman Andolan organising protests. Before launching their fast, Ramdev said that there will be a fight to finish in August as he is launching a protest programme then.
"From today, we are intensifying our protest to bring back black money stashed abroad and want all of the countrymen to be part of the fight to finish by August," he said. "We will hit the streets not in lakhs but in crores in the coming days demanding that black money be declared a national treasure and measures be taken to bring it back," he told reporters as he headed to Rajghat from Tikri Kalan on Delhi border after paying tributes to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Azad Hind Gram.
Hazare said during his protest, "we will talk about the course of action and nature of campaigning in the future." Ramdev and Hazare separately reached the dharna hotspot Jantar Mantar around 10:10 AM after visiting the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat yesterday morning. While Ramdev was accompanied by his aide Balakrishna, Hazare was seen with former IPS officer, Kiran Bedi, RTI activist, Arvind Kejriwal, and Manish Sisodia - prominent members of Team Anna.
Source: PTI
