Over a million hungry people from all over India will go on a hunger strike of indefinite length demanding regular food to eat. The mass hunger strike has been organized by newly-formed group "We Want Food" (WWF) and will be held at various grounds in several metropolitan cities and state capitals all over the country. In New Delhi, over 2 lac hungry men, women and children will converge at August Kranti Maidan while in Mumbai another 2 lacs are expected to reach at Azad Maidan to participate in the hunger strike. Many more lacs will participate in the hunger strike at Chennai, Kolkotta, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Patna, Kanpur, Lukhnow, Jaipur and Bhopal.
Chairman of WWF, the newly formed front formed to fight hunger, Mr. Bhookhnath Khare, speaking to reporters at August Kranti Maidan said that it was ironic that while India tops world hunger chartand also tops charts for highest number of hunger strikes every year, the hungry have never participated in hunger strikes. "We have been going hungry for free for several decades never demanding anything in return from the government. It is time we make good use of our hunger and like the regular hunger-strikers, we too make demands from the government."
Chairman of WWF, the newly formed front formed to fight hunger, Mr. Bhookhnath Khare, speaking to reporters at August Kranti Maidan said that it was ironic that while India tops world hunger chartand also tops charts for highest number of hunger strikes every year, the hungry have never participated in hunger strikes. "We have been going hungry for free for several decades never demanding anything in return from the government. It is time we make good use of our hunger and like the regular hunger-strikers, we too make demands from the government."
