Jaipur: Support to Anna Hazare's crusade
against corruption continued to spread in parts of Rajasthan
with government employees across the state deciding to join
the peaceful agitation on Friday.
The state employees will go for a half-day mass leave
after lunch in support of the Gandhian.
"We have given a call for half-day mass leave and a
candle march will be taken out at Ambedkar circle in the
evening. We as citizens are with Anna. We want to give a
message that we are not corrupt and we are also against
corruption," Mahendra Chaudhary, a representative of state
employees federation said.
Traders also staged a dharna at Badi Chaupad in the walled
city. Wearing black ribbon in arms, they raised slogans in
Hazare's support.
Several other programmes are also proposed later in
the day.
PTI
First Published: Friday, August 19, 2011, 14:07