<p>Hazare will land in Bangalore Friday and head to Nelamangala, about 40 km away to address farmers.<br /><br />On Saturday he, along with Right to Information activist Arvind Kejriwal, lawyer Prashant Bhushan, social activist Swamy Agnivesh and former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi, will address a public meeting in Bangalore.<br /><br />"Over Rs.60,000 have already been donated by various people including labourers and auto-drivers," a member of 'Saaku’ (Kannada for ‘Enough’), an organization active in anti-graft campaign in Karnataka, told IANS Thursday.<br /><br />Saaku is helping organise the Saturday public meeting at the National College grounds in south Bangalore and the donations are to meet part of expenses for it.<br /><br />The organization opened the account ‘Corruption Saaku’ (Enough of corruption) in a private bank about ten days back and sought donation though cheques or e-transfer.<br /><br />It is also using the net and cell phones to spread its campaign. A call to a toll-free cell number it has listed on the site gives out the message to turn the mobile into a weapon to fight corruption and the voice against graft will reach the prime minister.<br /><br />Hazare, Kejriwal and Bhushan along with senior advocate Shanti Bhushan and Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) N. Santosh Hegde are civil society members of the 10-member panel set up to draft the Lokpal bill to fight graft at the national level. <br /><br />This will be the first visit of Hazare to Karnataka after the setting up of the Lokpal bill draft panel, following his five-day fast in New Delhi.</p>
<p>Hazare will land in Bangalore Friday and head to Nelamangala, about 40 km away to address farmers.<br /><br />On Saturday he, along with Right to Information activist Arvind Kejriwal, lawyer Prashant Bhushan, social activist Swamy Agnivesh and former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi, will address a public meeting in Bangalore.<br /><br />"Over Rs.60,000 have already been donated by various people including labourers and auto-drivers," a member of 'Saaku’ (Kannada for ‘Enough’), an organization active in anti-graft campaign in Karnataka, told IANS Thursday.<br /><br />Saaku is helping organise the Saturday public meeting at the National College grounds in south Bangalore and the donations are to meet part of expenses for it.<br /><br />The organization opened the account ‘Corruption Saaku’ (Enough of corruption) in a private bank about ten days back and sought donation though cheques or e-transfer.<br /><br />It is also using the net and cell phones to spread its campaign. A call to a toll-free cell number it has listed on the site gives out the message to turn the mobile into a weapon to fight corruption and the voice against graft will reach the prime minister.<br /><br />Hazare, Kejriwal and Bhushan along with senior advocate Shanti Bhushan and Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) N. Santosh Hegde are civil society members of the 10-member panel set up to draft the Lokpal bill to fight graft at the national level. <br /><br />This will be the first visit of Hazare to Karnataka after the setting up of the Lokpal bill draft panel, following his five-day fast in New Delhi.</p>