Farmers’ Protest: Anna Hazare calls off hunger striker after govt agreed to his demands
Farmers’ Protest: Anna Hazare calls off hunger striker after govt agreed to his demands
- Jan 30, 2021,
- Updated Jan 30, 2021, 1:59 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Anna Hazare, who on Thursday announced to go on a hunger strike to support the protesting farmers in Delhi, has decided to call off the protest from tomorrow.
Hazare on Friday said that he won't be proceeding with the indefinite fast claiming that the Central government has agreed to some of his demands.
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According to reports, MoS Agriculture Kailash Choudhary along with LoP Devendra Fadnavis met Hazare at his hometown Ralegansiddhi today to convince him to not start protest.
Earlier today, Hazare announced that he will go on a hunger strike here from January 30 in support of the agitation.
Anna Hazare has been agitating for the farmers' causes for four years and over the past three months, he claimed to have written on the issue five times to the prime minister and Union agriculture minister.