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India wakes up to Irom Sharmila
Times of India | Jaideep Mazumdar | TNN Oct 23, 2011, 05.38AM IST
Alone woman's nearly 12-yearlong fast in the periphery of the country has now caught the nation's attention, thanks partly to the success of a similar 12-day-long agitation in Delhi by Anna Hazare. If the Gandhian from Ralegan Siddhi could get Parliament and the government to bend by fasting for less than a fortnight, Irom Sharmila Chanu - on a hunger strike since November 5, 2000 - could also achieve her demand for revocation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA), her supporters reason in faraway Manipur.
"Anna articulated a very popular demand for effective steps to fight corruption. Sharmila is also voicing a demand that is very popular in the North East. But Anna succeeded because he was able to build a mass movement and catch the attention of the nation and the national media. Sharmila's hunger strike is not well-known beyond the North East and the national media, too, has largely ignored it," says Rojesh, a prominent member of the 'Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign' (SSSC), in New Delhi.
The highlight of these efforts is the ongoing rally, christened 'Jan Karwan' , that was flagged off from Srinagar on October 16 and is making its way through 16 cities in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Nagaland, covering 4,500km to reach Manipur on October 26. A massive rally is planned at Imphal on that day.
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