NGOs support Anna with hunger strikes in Chanda

NGOs support Anna with hunger strikes in Chanda

Even as anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare's hunger strike entered the eighth day on Tuesday, those fasting here to express solidarity with him vowed to continue their hunger strike until Anna ends his fast.

While four persons have taken up the indefinite hunger strikes at two different places in town, a chain hunger strike and daily sit-in agitation before the district collectorate is also being staged since August 16.

RTI activist and social worker Nitin Bansod was the first to take up an indefinite hunger strike in support of Anna Hazare at Mahatma Gandhi statue in Chandrapur. He began on August 17 and it was his seventh day of fasting on Tuesday. Doctors examined Bansod on the fourth day and recommended medication, but he declined it. Cops also tried to persuade him to give up.

Bandu Dhotre said the government should not test Hazare's patience and his supporters, and begin dialogue to break the impasse. "People are fed up of corruption," he said.