<p>Resembling a ‘second freedom struggle’ on the eve of 64th Independence Day, hundreds of youth took out a motorcycle rally under the banner of India Against Corruption (IAC). The rally started from Basavanagudi and culminated at Freedom Park sending home a message that India wants freedom from corruption. <br /><br />Wearing special tee shirts carrying the message of anti-corruption movement and holding Tricolours, the members took out the rally from the Bull Temple road raising slogans like ‘Vande mataram’, ‘Down-down corruption’, ‘Anna Hazare zindabad’ and ‘Corruption saaku.’<br /><br />The participants halted at the Government High School ground on Bull Temple Road to lecture the boys playing there about the evils of corruption. <br /><br />The procession then moved towards Idgah Maidan at Chamarajpet. All along the way the members distributed pamphlets informing the awestruck onlookers about their movement for a strong Jan Lokpal Bill to get rid of corruption.<br /><br />Many elderly persons who came out of their houses hearing slogans told Deccan Herald that the rally carries the fervour of the freedom struggle. <br /><br />Padmanabhan, an octogenarian who was walking on the pavement at Basavanagudi, said, “Such movements are necessary from time to time to wake up youth from their slumber. <br /><br />Whether the Lokpal Bill is passed or not but the temperament I am witnessing today is unprecedented.”<br /><br />Elsewhere in the City, the members of ‘People from Cleaner India’ took out a ‘Prabhaat Pheri’ from Food Day circle in HSR Layout Sector 6 to BDA Complex in the morning.</p>
<p>Resembling a ‘second freedom struggle’ on the eve of 64th Independence Day, hundreds of youth took out a motorcycle rally under the banner of India Against Corruption (IAC). The rally started from Basavanagudi and culminated at Freedom Park sending home a message that India wants freedom from corruption. <br /><br />Wearing special tee shirts carrying the message of anti-corruption movement and holding Tricolours, the members took out the rally from the Bull Temple road raising slogans like ‘Vande mataram’, ‘Down-down corruption’, ‘Anna Hazare zindabad’ and ‘Corruption saaku.’<br /><br />The participants halted at the Government High School ground on Bull Temple Road to lecture the boys playing there about the evils of corruption. <br /><br />The procession then moved towards Idgah Maidan at Chamarajpet. All along the way the members distributed pamphlets informing the awestruck onlookers about their movement for a strong Jan Lokpal Bill to get rid of corruption.<br /><br />Many elderly persons who came out of their houses hearing slogans told Deccan Herald that the rally carries the fervour of the freedom struggle. <br /><br />Padmanabhan, an octogenarian who was walking on the pavement at Basavanagudi, said, “Such movements are necessary from time to time to wake up youth from their slumber. <br /><br />Whether the Lokpal Bill is passed or not but the temperament I am witnessing today is unprecedented.”<br /><br />Elsewhere in the City, the members of ‘People from Cleaner India’ took out a ‘Prabhaat Pheri’ from Food Day circle in HSR Layout Sector 6 to BDA Complex in the morning.</p>
