Team Anna facing difficulty finding place for agitation
MUMBAI: Anna Hazare and his team do not get place for their agitation as the permission denied for using the sports ground adjoining the Azad Maidan in Mumbai.
School cricket tournaments, are planned between December 26 and December 30 on two pitches at the Azad Maidan, said the sporting body Sports and Youth Services, which controls some sports grounds in Mumbai.
The part of Azad Maidan that Team Anna can use can only accommodate 3000 to 4000 people. Therefore, Team Anna was in talks with the sports associations controlling other parts of Azad Maidan to accommodate the crowd.
Team Anna has been unable to get Mumbai’s MMRDA grounds, which can accommodate a crowd of up to 1 lakh due to the steep rent. With over Rs 19 lakh to be paid for five days at MMRDA grounds, and no government concessions in sight, Team Anna has been inclined to use Azad Maidan.
Also a writ petition has been filed by India Against Corruption (IAC) against MMRDA and the Maharashtra government for not giving the MMRDA protest site for the agitation beginning on December 27.
Anna said in his statement about not getting a place, “Even in Delhi, they put me in jail first and then gave us a place. The same will happen here, we will at least get a place in jail.”
(contents-IBN)
