Among massive waving of Indian tricolour flags and wearing of Gandhian topi - caps and Indian saffron colours, a massive Indian nagara - type drum is put to use to sound out the protest of the Indian people! An old man drums up support for the protest, literally!
The modern generation is more rhythmically challenged and all the kid can do is bang a mineral water bottle on the hide of the drum.
A protest rally against government's land acquisition ordinance in New Delhi, India. Thousands gathered in support of Anna Hazare's two-day protest in Delhi.
Attacking the land ordinance, Hazare said the BJP had promised "acche din" (good days) to the people during the elections but good days had come only to corporates.
"This is a land grab. Britishers used to do it. Today's government is worst than the British regime. Even Britishers did not met out so much of injustice to farmers," he said.
On December 29 last year, the government had recommended promulgation of an ordinance making significant changes in the Land Acquisition Act including removal of consent clause for acquiring land for five areas of industrial corridors, PPP projects, rural infrastructure, affordable housing and defence use.
"The 2013 Land Acquisition Act said unless 70 per cent of the villagers where the land has to be acquired give their consent, the land cannot be acquired. But this government removed this provision. This has been done for the benefit of corporates.
"Before the elections, the people were promised 'acche din' (good days), they trusted (the party) and voted for them. Today they are forcibly taking away the land from farmers. So the 'acche din' are for the corporates not for the common man," Hazare said.
Slamming the Centre for the "unjust and undemocratic" law, he said the ordinance must be withdrawn immediately.
"After Independence, this is for the first time, the farmers are facing so much of injustice under the current government after it brought the ordinance on the Land Acq
