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Gaga over Anna, mute over Irom Sharmila
The Hoot | Teresa Rehman | Aug. 25:
It’s an odd time of the year for the national media to remember the Iron Lady of Manipur. Irom Chanu Sharmila usually figures in the news around March every year when she is ceremoniously released from judicial custody and then rearrested after 24 hours on charges of attempted suicide. She is rearrested because she refuses to budge and break her fast demanding repeal of the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958. She has been on fast since November 2000.
Well, she was invited by Team Anna to join in his over week-long fast against corruption and Sharmila’s decade-long fast managed to grab national headlines yet again. “Anna and all of us appeal to you to lend us your support in letter and spirit and invite you to share in our experience,” key member of Team Anna, Arvind Kejriwal’s letter stated.
Expressing her solidarity with Anna’s campaign, Sharmila responded, “My humble suggestion is if you feel seriously, please try to reach the concerned legislators to let me go free, like you, to join your crusade to root out corruption, which is the root of all evils. Or you can come to Manipur, the most corruption-affected region in the world,” Sharmila said in a letter to Team Anna.
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