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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Cries of ‘revolution’at Jantar Mantar

Cries of ‘revolution’at Jantar Mantar

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published Published on Apr 8, 2011   modified Modified on Apr 8, 2011

Egypt, Tunisia and now — Jantar Mantar.

That’s what a gaggle of school students felt Anna Hazare’s protest site had become. “Tunisia, Egypt and now India,” said one banner. Teenager Ankita, who held aloft the poster, said she could not hold herself back.“A revolution is on. And I wanted to pitch in,” said the Class XII student of a reputable city school. Schoolmate Ashish Parikh nodded. “Itis the tipping point.”

They were among the 1,000-odd people who had converged at Jantar Mantar to support Hazare on his third day of hunger strike to demand a tougher Lok Pal Bill. Hazare’s aides claimed the figure was close to 2,000.

A Delhi police officer didn’t seem to agree, though. “It’s like a Kumbh Mela in terms of the variety of people, but not the numbers. The noise on TV would make you believe Jantar Mantar has turned into another Tahrir Square. It is yet to cause even a minor traffic jam,” he said.

In a scene straight out of Peepli Live — the Aamir Khan-produced parody of the way TV amplifies events — media representatives at the site rushed to the stage after hearing Hazare had taken ill and was being shifted to hospital. They returned disappointed. It wasn’t Hazare but two of his associates.

The septuagenarian himself said he could fast for seven more days. “I have been working for a long time,” he said in one of his many speeches despite a rise in blood pressure.

Hazare apologised to Uma Bharti, who was asked to leave yesterday by hisaides. But the former BJP leader warned against the activist sweeping generalisations. “All politicians are not bad. He should not allow his movement to become negative,” she said.

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar came, as did actor Raza Murad. Other stars tweeted support.

The Telegraph, 8 April, 2011, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110408/jsp/nation/story_13826906.jsp


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