Hazare says he will launch 'Jail Bharo Andolan'

March 20, 2015 21:24

Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare today said a 'jail bharo aandolan' will be started across the country taking up the questions raised by farmers and demanded a separate Krishi Ayog for them.

Addressing the biennial conference of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Parishad here, Hazare said, he will start the Aandolan at the end of his three-month countrywide tour from April next raising questions on the condition of farmers after the Independence.

"I will tour 10 states and address people there. We have to raise the farmers questions and ask what is the condition of the farmers today even after 68 years of achieving the Independence," he said while addressing the KMSS conference.

"The farmers' condition remains the same. Only the dalals (middlemen) are constructing buildings. This has to be changed," he asserted.

"Fill up the jails and leave no place vacant in the jails. Going to jail for our society and country is our ornament," Hazare exhorted the people.

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