Stir underestimated: Shastri
A senior Congress leader on Monday said the government underestimated the activists movement against corruption and asked it to enter into dialogue with him. Annas movement against corruption was underestimated by the government. It is time it entered into dialogue with him to end his fast, Anil Shastri,who is a Special Invitee to the Congress Working Committee,said on Twitter. Shastri,former editor of party mouthpiece Congress Sandesh,now heads the newly created Hindi Vibhag of the AICC.
Railway staff to join agitation
All-India Railwaymens Federation AIRF will hold a sit-in at Ramlila Grounds on Tuesday. We are also victims of graft; we are for a strong Lokpal, AIRF general secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra said. We will sit at the protest site for some time expressing solidarity with the movement, Mishra said. AIRF,which claims to have 10.26 lakh railway employees as its members,has instructed its zonal offices to hold lunch-hour meetings and coordinate with Hazare supporters to make it a successful campaign,he said.