JOIN USAAP activists turn homes into disobedience centres
Aam Aasia Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal's indefinite hunger strike against ‘inflated’ power and water bills completed its sixth day on Thursday during which around 3,000 volunteers vowed to turn their homes into ‘disobedience’ centres. Protest letters, addressed to chief minister Sheila Dikshit, will be available for the masses in these disobedience centres.
“People can register their protest at these centers as well. This is in addition to 264 such centres that are functional since Day 1. So far, a team of nearly 7000 volunteers are working all across Delhi,” said an AAP volunteer.
“From Thursday, a cadre of around 500 volunteers from neighbouring states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana would pour in to support the existing volunteer base,” he added.
The members said they have started a moving center in Mundka region in north-west Delhi for door-to-door service. “The center, mounted on a tractor, moves around the area reaching out to people, mostly villagers. The center manages to collect an average of 250 protest letters each day,” added a member.
Till March 27, the medical team of AAP said Kejriwal's health was deteriorating with a weight loss of over five kgs since the first day.
The members also claimed that on the eve of Holi, nearly 2500 volunteers had come to meet Kejriwal and other leaders in Sunder Nagri.
AAP members claimed on Wednesday that 82,726 people signed protest letters on Tuesday pledging not to pay the “inflated” power and water bills. This takes the total number of signed letters to over 2.69 lakh.
“These letters would be delivered to Dikshit shortly. More centers are for the convenience of those people who live far from the protest site and want to sign the protest petition. The protest will continue,” added the member.