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Hazare to reach Delhi July 24, team gears up
for agitation
Monday July 23, 2012 11:25:17 PM, IANS
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New Delhi: Activist
Anna Hazare will arrive in Delhi Tuesday to participate in the
scheduled indefinite fast announced by his team from July 25 at
Jantar Mantar, even though he will not be fasting due to ill
health.
The team will be organising an indefinite fast at Delhi's Jantar
Mantar Wednesday, the day when new president Pranab Mukherjee will
be sworn-in. Arvind Kejriwal will be leading the agitation this
time, Team Anna said.
"Anna Hazare will not fast as his health condition does not permit
it, but he will share the stage with the others who are fasting,"
India Against Corruption (IAC) media coordinator Aswathi
Muralidharan told IANS.
"He will arrive in Delhi at 2 p.m. Tuesday," she said. A small
rally will be escorting Anna Hazare from the airport, and the team
has also been circulating text messages asking people to join the
rally with their vehicles.
Meanwhile, with two days to go for the fast, volunteers of India
Against Corruption (IAC) here are gearing up for agitation against
corruption.
"Hundreds of volunteers of India Against Corruption (IAC) are
involved in the preparations for the July 25 fast, we have divided
ourselves into various teams like crowd management, sanitation,
health, media and guest management team and Anshankari team,"
The team has got permission to fast at Jantar Mantar till Aug 8,
the day the monsoon session of parliament is expected to begin.
"We have already received about 4,000 online registration from
across the country, who are willing to fast with Arvind Kejirwal,
Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai," Muralidharan said. She also said
that Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has also been invited to join the
rally.
"Thousands of people are expected to attend the agitation, we
don't have any projection about the turnout. We can only say it
would be huge as the fast will be at Jantar Mantar and more people
can access. So the arrangements will be better than at the Ramlila
agitation," she said.
"We are working on the arrangements like setting up toilets and
VIP enclosures," she added.
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