Indian anti-graft crusader wanted for other causes
Associated Press | Katy Daigle | September 1, 2011
Fresh from a 12-day hunger strike that roiled public ire against graft, Indian anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare is in hot demand to promote other causes as activists seek to harness his acclaim and ability to seize 24-hour media attention.
Some complained that the nonstop breaking-news coverage was alarmist, excessive and gave a false impression of national unity. But others coveting the same publicity for their own causes have started reaching out to Hazare for help.
Activist Irom Sharmila invited Hazare to northeast Manipur state, where she is on a decadelong fast against a law giving troops sweeping powers to shoot people with little provocation. She is kept alive by force-feeding through a nose drip — a standard intervention for long-running hunger strikes in India, where suicide is illegal.
"If he comes, our movement against the draconian Act will receive a huge boost," she told reporters outside a court in the state capital of Imphal this week.
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