New Delhi, April 26: 50,000 persons in Delhi and 10,000 in Mumbai responded in the affirmative over the past three days to a text message asking them whether they wanted to be a volunteer for Anna Hazare-led movement against corruption, claims the NGO which organised the campaign.
The ”India Against Corruption” movement, which spearheaded the Jan Lokpal Bill agitation led by Hazare, claimed that a “rapid snowballing effect” is being witnessed by volunteers running the campaign throughout the country.
The IAC sent a text message to people on Saturday posing the question, “Do you want to volunteer for Anna Hazare”s movement against corruption (in support of strong anti corruption law)? If yes, please SMS back on this number.”
The text message was sent to 3.50 lakh people in Delhi and the organisers claimed 50,000 had responded saying they wanted to be a volunteer.
Similarly, the text message was sent to over one lakh people in Mumbai where 10,000 are claimed to have responded to the query in the affirmative.
Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Swami Agnivesh and several others in the team are preparing to visit various cities for public consultations on the Jan Lokpal Bill, an IAC spokesperson said.
“Early estimates indicate crowds of between 10,000 and 50,000 in cities like Mysore and Bangalore respectively,” the spokesperson said.
The IAC is also organising a public march on May one in the national capital to express support for the Joint Drafting Committee for drafting a strong anti-corruption law on the lines of Jan Lokpal Bill.
—-PTI—–