Anna's movement: What's your city doing? (Part I)
By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 18 August 2011, 23:19 IST   |    70 Comments
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra is bound to witness the most upsurges from the rising Anna's movement against corruption, as the hero itself hails from one of the village from Maharashtra. His village named Ralegan Siddhi, Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district observed a bandh after he was detained by the police. The protesting farmers came out on the roads along with their cattle and blocked traffic. In no time Anna movement has reached the hearts of Mumbai as it saw Mumbaikars skip work, dump jobs for national duty and Azad Maidan was flooded with Anna supporters. Thousands of supporters of Hazare, gathered at Azad Maidan in the metropolis, are all set for 'Jail Bharo' after his detention by Delhi police on August 16th. Social activist Medha Patkar led the protests at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai. It is interesting to see that many people are on extended leave just to join the anti-corruption movement and participate in one of the biggest rallies without any fear of being detained. Bollywood was seen quite active in Anna movement as we saw Vishal Dadlani, a music director, Poorav Kohli, an actor taking active participation on 16th August. Earlier on April 9th Urmila Matondkar was seen in Azad Maidan supporting Anna. click here to read Anna's movement: What's your city doing? (Part II)