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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting at RTI ground in Ghazipur on Saturday in support of BJP candidate Parasnath Rai. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a few of his ministers and other BJP functionaries will be present on the occasion. With a huge gathering expected, the party is busy in giving final touches to the preparations. PM Modi will arrive by helicopter in the afternoon, and leave the ground around 5.25pm after addressing the public meeting. BJP has fielded a new face Parasnath Rai from Ghazipur Lok Sabha seat, while the Samajwadi Party has fielded Afzal Ansari, the brother of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died in custody recently. The Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded Umesh Singh from this seat.
Anna Hazare to sit for a hunger strike if Centre fails to fulfil demands
The octogenarian said the Centre would be soon apprised of the date and venue of the fast. Hazare had observed another fast in support of the Bharat Bandh.
| 14 Dec 2020 4:02 PM GMT
Pune: Social activist Anna Hazare wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday, resumption of a hunger strike against the Centre s failure to fulfil his demands including the implementation of the recommendations made by MS Swaminathan Commission. Hazare s other demand include granting autonomy to the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).
The anti-graft activist had sat on a fast in his Ralegaon Siddhi village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra in February 2019. He had called off the fast on February 5, 2019, after receiving a written assurance from then Union Agriculture Minister Radhe Mohan Singh, that the centre would form a high-powered committee to discuss the suggestions m