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9.6.12

Team Anna to target PM during UP tour


NEW DELHI: In the run-up to the July 25 fastTeam Anna members will travel to various parts of the country. An intensive programme to drum up support for its anti-graft campaign will begin on June 18 and will include touring of villages in western UP.

The 'Gram Samvad Yatra', as it is called, will start from June 18 and end on July 12 and will be anchored by Team Anna member Manish Sisodia.

During the yatra, a Team Anna statement said, awareness would be raised on the corruption allegations against 15 cabinet ministers, including the PM. The activists have three demands — setting up of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe allegations against the cabinet ministers, transferring CBI cases against major political leaders to the SIT and establishing fast-track courts to hear charges against 162 MPs.

In the first phase — from June 18 to 22 — the team will travel to villages in Saharanpur via Bhagpat and Shamli districts. In the second phase — from June 25 to 29 — villages around Meerut, Muzzafarnagar, Bijnor and Roorkee will be covered.

The third phase will be from July 2 to 6 and would cover villages in Noida, Bulandshahr and Aligarh. The last phase of yatra would take place in Ghaziabad, Hapur, JP Nagar and Moradabad from July 8 to 12.