Candlelight marches in Himachal to support Anna
August 28th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 28 (IANS) Hundreds of people took out candlelight marches across Himachal Pradesh Sunday in support of Anna Hazare.
“Annaji is a true Gandhian. He has won 50 percent of the battle by deploying Gandhi’s weapon of fasting. We will not rest till he wins the full battle,” a youth said as a group took a pledge to fight graft in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the Ridge in this Himachal capital.
Speaking at a seminar here Sunday, Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Kurian Joseph said it was moral duty of every citizen not to indulge in corruption.
Elsewhere in Himachal, people in large numbers expressed solidarity with Hazare. Candlelight processions were taken out in Solan, Una, Kangra, Dharamsala, Bilaspur, Hamirpur and Chamba towns.
Meanwhile, 67-year-old Laxmi Chand Thakur in Shimla, and former Public Works Department engineer Desh Raj Sharma in Mandi town ended their fast Sunday after 11 and 12 days respectively.
Hazare broke his 12-day fast in Delhi Sunday after parliament agreed to his three demands for a stronger Lokpal bill — a citizen’s charter for every government department, ombudsmen for all states and inclusion of the lower bureaucracy in the Lokpal’s ambit.
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