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Pune/Aurangabad/Mumbai: Marking the 63rd death
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, thousands of people participated in
a protest march against corruption in Pune and Aurangabad Sunday,
an official said.
The march, that is taking place simultaneously in 60 cities across
India, is part of an anti-graft campaign by civil society groups.
"In Pune, we have made it a 'politics-free' rally. All
participants are volunteers from various fields and there is no
celebrity participation," said a volunteer.
The two hour rally in Pune started from Fergusson College gate and
went to Sancheti Chowk, Bal Gangadhar Chowk and terminated at
Sambhaji Park.
Eminent people like Kiran Bedi, Prashant Bhushan, Justice Santosh
Hegde, Aruna Roy, Arvind Kejriwal and many others came together
and drafted an anti-corruption law which seeks to create an
independent, empowered, transparent and accountable
anti-corruption agency called Lokpal.
In Aurangabad, the rally saw many citizens, along with school and
college students take part.
The march started from Kranti Chowk and terminated at Paithan
Gate.
In Mumbai, the march is to witness an expected participation by
nearly 10,000 people.
"This massive rally is being organised in order to put pressure on
the government to enact a citizen's draft bill," a spokesperson
from the Mumbai organising committee said.
"Large number of college students, professionals from the
corporate sector, teachers, government employees, lawyers, doctors
and others will participate in this march," he added.
"Planning for this rally started as a small exercise sometime in
mid-December. The rally was initially being planned only in Delhi.
But once it was put up on the social networking site Facebook, it
gained momentum," the spokesperson said.
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