Anna Hazare will begin the protest from tomorrow in support of the ongoing farmers' agitation.
Social activist Anna Hazare announced on Thursday that he will begin an indefinite hunger strike at his hometown Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra from tomorrow. The 84-year-old said that he has been protesting for the demands of the farmers since four years but the government has not paid heed to the issue. "I have been agitating for important demands of farmers for the last four years. It seems like the government is not taking proper decision on the issue of farmers. The government is not sensitive towards the farmers," the activist said.
"We have kept our demands before the Central Government time and again. I have written letters to the Prime Minister and Union Agriculture Minister five times in the last three months," Mr Hazare said. Referring to the 11 round of talks that were held between the government and the farm union leaders he said, "Representatives of the government are discussing the matter but they haven't reached proper solution regarding the demands so far. So, I will start a fast from the Yadavbaba Temple in Ralegan-Siddhi on January 30, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination," he asserted.
Mr Hazare appealed his supporters to be a part of the ongoing protest by protesting peacefully from their respective locations in the wake of the pandemic.
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