Reasons for Protest

Three main reasons for our protest:

(1)  During Baba Ramdev’s peaceful hunger-strike, on June 5 2011 at Ramlila Grounds in Delhi, over 60000 sleeping civilians, who were also fasting, were brutally attacked by the police in the middle of night under the Indian government’s instructions.

(2)  Children were separated from their parents. Women were forced on to the roads when there was no public transport available. Tear-gas shells were fired in the closed tent against safety rules.  Thousands were admitted to the hospitals, some of them remain critical.

(3) Anti-corruption bill demanded by Anna Hazare is being sidelined by the Indian government.

TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS
 

5 June 2011 is one of the darkest days in the History of Independent India.   Thousands of human beings assembled at a place where they thought they were absolutely safe.  This false sense of safety is offered to them by the very same government which encouraged them to gather there in the first place.     But little did the assembled people know that in the middle of the night they will get brutally assaulted by the Indian Police.

Every Indian citizen has a right to protest but Indian Government has brutally and unconstitutionally assaulted the peaceful protesters in blatant breach of Indian Citizens constitutional rights.

The agitators were exercising their fundamental constitutional rights – the freedom of speech and expression.  Detention, beating, forcedly removing people, firing tear-gas in to a sleeping crowd, separating children from their parents, frightening children was, therefore, gross violation of their fundamental rights.

More over Indian government as a face saving method is trying to divide the protesters by labelling them as Communal and Secular!

We totally condemn these divisional tactics.  We want to stand as one voice.   All Indian citizens equally pay taxes so why can't they protest and show their displeasure when their hard earned tax money is stolen by the highest authorities in the government who stole billions of rupees of Tax payers money?!  Is it wrong to call a thief a thief?!  Is it wrong to protest against theft of national property?!  If not then why did the government attack the peaceful protesters in the middle of the night!  They could have dispersed the protesters in the morning!

We AAC condemn the brutal violence on the Indian Citizens and we are holding a peaceful protest in front of  “High Commission of India”, London, UK on 1 JULY 2011 from 12PM to 1PM.

By holding this protest we would like to show our solidarity with citizens of India.  We would like to show our solidarity with Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev and all other leaders who are fighting against corruption in India.

For further information please call:  Madhava Turumella 07876616883  Munaben Chauhan 07974320202

Yours in Action,
Madhava Turumella
Action Against Corruption.
http://iamagainstcorruption.blogspot.com
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We are a not-for profit organization formed with a sole aim to offer Moral and Material support to all those who would like to fight against rampant corruption in India.

We are based in London, UK.