Social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday announced that he will begin an indefinite fast at his hometown Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district from January 30 over various demands related to farmers and also urged his supporters to protest from their respective locations.
Hitting out at the centre, the 84-year-old activist alleged that the government is not paying attention to the farmers’ demands, which is forcing him to go on another hunger strike.
Anna Hazare in a press statement said, "I have been agitating for the important demands of farmers for the last four years. It seems like the government is not taking a proper decision on the issue of farmers. The government is not sensitive towards the farmers.”
"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. Representatives of the government are discussing the matter but they haven't reached a proper solution regarding the demands so far," he added.
“So, I will start a fast from the Yadavbaba Temple in Ralegan-Siddhi on January 30, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination," declared Hazare.
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Hazare also expressed his grief over the farmers’ tractor rally march that turned violent on Republic Day and stressed that agitation should be “non-violent”.
"In the past 40 years, I have organised many agitations. The Lokpal Movement was in New Delhi where lakhs of people from across India joined, but not a stone was thrown. Peace is the power for this struggle, which Gandhiji has taught us," he added.