Lok Satta's Novel Anti-Graft Protest

Extending their support to Anna Hazare's fight against corruption, Lok Satta Party activists organised a novel demonstration near the Vivekananda Statue at Tank Bund on Wednesday.

Clasping arms, the party workers organized themselves into a human chain, and raised slogans against the Union Government's vindictive attitude towards Anna Hazare and team. The government chose to malign and jail those fighting corruption, instead of jailing the corrupt, they alleged.

Addressing a gathering, party leaders V Laxman Balaji, V Vijayender Reddy, S Manorama, K Gita Murthy and Y Ramadevi pointed out that people are indignant as the Union Government is not serious and sincere about rooting out corruption.

They said that the Lok Satta would like the Lokpal Bill to create institutional mechanisms to fight corruption at state and district levels, too. They recalled that the Lok Satta organization and the party have been fighting for cleansing the political system and getting rid of corruption for a number of years. (INN)