Libya finds echo at Ramlila ground
August 22nd, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The announcement that Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s sons had been captured by rebel forces was greeted with a roar of approval Monday at the Ramlila Maidan where Anna Hazare is fasting.
Hazare aide Swami Agnivesh declared to the thousands at the site that the sons had been seized and that Gaddafi’s end was not far away.
“This is what happens to dictators,” Agnivesh said amid applause, adding that there was need for rulers to bow to the wishes of the people.
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