On Gandhi Jayanti, Anna Hazare to sit on dharna in Delhi
October 02, 2017  13:32
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Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has announced a day-long hunger strike on Gandhi Jayanti after paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in Delhi. The crusader of the anti-corruption moment believes that the country is drifting away from what Mahatma Gandhi envisioned.

After arriving in New Delhi, early on Monday, he told reporters, Today is October 2, Gandhi Jayanti. Its been 70 years since our country gained independence, but we have moved away from the vision he had for India. It is for this reason that I am going to launch my satyagraha from Gandhijis samadhi.

Anna Hazare, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, slammed the government for not appointing Lokpal and Lokayukta, and threatened to launch a fresh protest after his day-long strike. 

I am not satisfied with PM Modis work and am therefore going on a hunger strike. Based on the inspiration I draw after sitting near Gandhijis statue at Rajghat, I will speak accordingly, Hazare added. 
He also accused the government of not being able to check corruption in the country. In his letter to the PM, Hazare wrote, People had voted you to power with a lot of hope. However, a common man still has to pay money to get his work done. Corruption has not gone down and people are experiencing this everyday.
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