Balangir holds 12-hr bandh in Anna's support August 23, 2011 11:40:15 PM

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Balangir holds 12-hr bandh in Anna's support
August 23, 2011 11:40:15 PM

PNS | Balangir
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After the rally by Citizens’ Committee members here on Monday, a 12-hour bandh was held and a rally was organised by the Chambers of Commerce here in support of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement on Tuesday. Responding to the call by the Balangir District Chamber of Commerce, shopkeepers downed their shutters. However, the other services were kept out of the purview of the bandh.

A procession of businessmen and others, led by the chamber’s president Pramod Mishra moved through the town giving slogans in support of Anna Hazare and demanding that the Jan LokpaL Bill be passed in Parliament.

Later, activists of the Netaji Sangrami Parishad led by its president Laxminarayn Pattnaik staged a demonstration before the district Collectorate, singing kirtan. “We have never seen Gandhi, who made our country free. When Anna Hazare gave the call to make India corruption-free, we decided to support him. He is another person like Gandhi. We are paying our respect and regards to him, and we support his crusade and the Jan Lokpal Bill,” Pattnaik said.
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