NEW DELHI: Protests against corruption spread across the nation on Wednesday in support of Gandhian Anna Hazare. Anna Hazare and the Delhi Police are in conference over the number of days for a protest fast that social activist wants to hold in the capital. Delhi Police have agreed to most of the conditions for Team Anna to hold their fast, the police had not agreed to the one month the activists wanted. The police said the fast could be held for seven days, and was extendable. But Anna Hazare and team did not agree to the decision, Anna started fast-unto-death in Tihar Jail. Thousands of Anna supporters on Wednesday also took out a march from India Gate to Jantar Mantar to express solidarity with the Gandhian in his fight against corruption.
Protesters, some of them dressed in T-shirts and Gandhi caps with slogans "I am Anna", gathered at the war memorial at around 4 pm and began marching towards Jantar Mantar, where Hazare had sat on a fast in April which forced the government to expedite the introduction of the Lokpal Bill in Parliament.
In the IT hub of Hyderabad, lawyers boycotted courts, students skipped class and hundreds took to the streets. Across Andhra Pradesh, a Congress party stronghold, thousands went on snap fasts, staged sit-ins, blocked roads and formed human chains.
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