Social activist Anna Hazare undertakes ‘maun andolan’ to support protesting students
Social activist Anna Hazare observed a two-hour-long maun andolan (silent protest) at Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra to extend his support for protesting students in Delhi.
“Anna began his protest at 11 a.m. and ended it at 1 p.m.,” the social activist’s aide Datta Awari told PTI.
Mr. Hazare, who held the protest at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Ahilyanagar, later left for his village Ralegan Siddhi, located in the same district.
Mr. Hazare wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) saying “the news of…violence and police action…is extremely painful”.
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– PTI
