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Anna Hazare, may have catapulted to nationwide recognition in 2010, but this stalwart social reformer has been a campaigner and catalyst for social change in Maharashtra for at least seven decades.
File picture of Activist Anna Hazare
MUMBAI: Activist Anna Hazare has announced that he would be launching an indefinite hunger strike against the Union government s new farm laws on Saturday at his village Ralegaon Siddhi in Maharashtra. I have been demanding reforms in the agriculture sector, but the Centre doesn t seem to be taking right decisions, he said in a statement issued on Thursday. The Centre has no sensitivity left for farmers, which is why I am starting my indefinite fast at my village from January 30, he said.
Hazare, 83, also appealed his supporters not to flock to his village in Ahmednagar district in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
Social activist Anna Hazare on Friday said he won t be proceeding with the indefinite fast against the new farm laws and claimed that the Central government has agreed to some of his demands. The Union government has agreed to some of my demands and also announced setting up a committee to improve the lives of farmers. I have decided to suspend my proposed indefinite fast starting from Saturday, Hazare said.
In a statement earlier in the day, Hazare (84) had announced that he will be starting the hunger strike from his village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra on Saturday.
In that communication, Hazare had said he had written to the prime minister and Union agriculture minister five times on the plight of farmers but to no avail.