Anna’s protest affects Orissa courts, schools
August 17th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) Lawyers boycotted courts and students skipped classes in many towns across Orissa Wednesday to support activist Anna Hazare’s fight against corruption.
Work at various courts across the state, including the Orissa High Court at Cuttack, 26 km from here, was paralysed as lawyers marched wearing black badges and covering part of their faces with black ribbons.
“Anna’s arrest was undemocratic,” Lalatendu Samontray, secretary of the Orissa High Court Bar Association, the state’s apex association of lawyers, told reporters.
The protest against the central government for arresting Hazare intensified here with people from all walks of life carrying out a number of marches separately.
Demonstrations, rallies and hunger strikes were also reported from other parts of the state. The protesters included freedom fighters, former judges, social activists, journalists and students.
Hazare’s arrest in New Delhi Tuesday also echoed in the winter session of the state assembly which began Wednesday with members of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) moving near the speaker’s podium and shouting slogans against the central government.
Reports reaching here said students boycotted classes in schools and colleges at various places, organised demonstrations and carried out marches.
- Support intensifies for Hazare in Orissa - Aug 18, 2011
- Fast, rallies to support Hazare continue in Orissa - Aug 20, 2011
- Dhoni's family comes out in Hazare's support - Aug 17, 2011
- Groundswell of support for Anna visible in Uttar Pradesh (Lead) - Aug 16, 2011
- Traders, students join Anna's protest in Chhattisgarh - Aug 18, 2011
- Andhra continues protests to support Hazare (Lead) - Aug 17, 2011
- I support Anna Hazare: Achuthanandan - Aug 16, 2011
- Bihar's ruling alliance slams UPA government on Hazare arrest - Aug 16, 2011
- Chhattisgarh supports Anna, 80 court arrest (Lead) - Aug 16, 2011
- Andhra continues protests to support Hazare - Aug 17, 2011
- Anna supporters hold Roza Iftar in Lucknow - Aug 24, 2011
- Bollywood condemns Hazare's detention - Aug 16, 2011
- Support goes up for Anna in scam-hit Jharkhand - Aug 21, 2011
- Hazare gets support in Tamil Nadu (Lead) - Aug 17, 2011
- Anna movement to figure in Jharkhand school syllabus - Aug 20, 2011
Tags: anna hazare, apex, badges, black ribbons, central government, demonstrations, fight against corruption, freedom fighters, government reports, hunger strikes, marches, orissa high court, podium, protesters, rallies, slogans, social activists, state assembly, walks of life, winter session